page_title: Ellesmere Canal
section_title: Frankton Junction to Llanymynech
hierarchical_section_title: Ellesmere Canal / Route / Frankton Junction to Llanymynech
caption_attribution_description: English: Montgomery Canal approaching Llanymynech. Approaching Llanymynech along the canal towpath from the west, which at this point has been adopted by the Offa's Dyke Path.
context_page_description: The Ellesmere Canal was a waterway in England and Wales that was planned to carry boat traffic between the rivers Mersey and Severn. The proposal would create a link between the Port of Liverpool and the mineral industries in north east Wales and the manufacturing centres in the West Midlands. However, the canal was never completed as intended because of its rising costs and failure to generate the expected commercial traffic.
  The Ellesmere Canal, which was first proposed in 1791, would have created a waterway between Netherpool, Cheshire, and Shrewsbury. However, only certain sections were completed; these were eventually incorporated into the Chester Canal, Montgomery Canal and Shropshire Union Canal. Although several major civil engineering feats were accomplished, major building work ceased following the completion of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in 1805. The northern end of the navigation's mainline ended 16 miles from Chester at Trevor Basin near Ruabon and its southern end was at Weston Lullingfields about 9 miles from Shrewsbury.
context_section_description: This section (the Llanymynech Branch) is now designated as part of the Montgomery Canal (combining the Llanymynech Branch of the Ellesmere Canal with the Montgomeryshire Canal). The section from Frankton Junction to the Weston Branch was originally intended to be the main line of the canal. Bridge numbering (which starts at Hurleston Junction) continues down the Llanymynech Branch, and despite now being regarded as two separate canals (the Llangollen and the Montgomery) this numbering scheme remains.
caption: This part of the towpath approaching Llanymynech has been adopted by the Offa's Dyke Path.
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