Another replacement milepost, this one marks the transition back to rural surroundings
as the canal leaves Rugeley behind at this point. The canal crosses the Trent again
on another sturdy, brick-built Brindley aqueduct.
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Just before the aqueduct are the "Bloody Steps". These are so named after the
death in 1849 of Christina Collins, a female passenger who was travelling by
canal from Liverpool to London. She was attacked and raped by the boatmen and
her body was thrown into the canal. It was found here and carried up the steps
to a nearby public house, hence the name.
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