Waterways > Titford Canal Portway Branch
Titford Canal Portway Branch
The Titford Canal Portway Branch was opened in 1837 and abandoned beyond Birchfield Bridge in 1960.
Map showing the Titford Canal
Facts & Stats
1837
The canal was opened in 1837.
1960
Most of the Arm was abandoned in 1960.
The Portway Branch is one of two termini branches of the Titford Canal. It formerly lead to a series of basins at Churchbridge Colliery and connected to Samson, Bell End and Ramrod collieries to the west via tramline inclines. The abandoned section of canal has now been filled in, but the line of the embankment can be followed adjacent to retail superstores, and a line of trees in the middle of playing fields may also indicate the course of the lost canal.
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