Milepost 60 ~ Tunstall

Link to picture of milepost This is a replacement milepost and the plate states that it was the last one to be replaced in the Trent and Mersey Canal Society's campaign to replace the missing mileposts.
Link to ... The milepost stands alongside a newly built and rather overbearing road bridge. A few hundred yards further on, the canal dissappears into the Harecastle Tunnel.
The wording on the dedication plate text is as follows:

Link to dedication plate
THIS MILEPOST IS DEDICATED TO
JAMES BRINDLEY 1716-1772
ENGINEER OF THE TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL SOCIETY
REPLACED AND SPONSORED BY THE
TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL SOCIETY
AND UNVEILED BY
SIR LESLIE YOUNG CBE DL
CHAIRMAN OF THE BRITISH WATERWAYS BOARD
ON SUNDAY 27TH OCTOBER 1985
IT MARKS THE END OF THE SOCIETY'S
CAMPAIGN - STARTED IN 1977 - TO REPLACE
34 OF THE MISSING ORIGINAL MILEPOSTS

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