the point from which we at first diverged. This long street has become a
place of much traffic, owing to a communication having been opened, in
1835, with Birmingham, London, Liverpool, &c. by means of THE SHREWSBURY
CANAL, to and from which places goods are received into warehouses
erected on its banks. This canal was originally formed in 1797, for the
purpose of supplying the town and neighbourhood with coal, brought from
Hadley, Ketley, &c. in the eastern part of Shropshire.