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The Chester canal was created with locks leading down to the River Dee. Canal boats could enter the river to load goods onto the ships. The port facilities at Crane Wharf, by Chester Racecourse, made an important improvement to the development of the North West region.

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The original Chester Canal was built to run from the River Dee near Sealand Road to Nantwich, it opened in 1774. In 1805 the Wirral section of the Ellesmere canal was opened, which ran from Netherpool to meet the Chester Canal. Later those two canal branches became part of the Shropshire Union Canal network. This canal which runs beneath the northern section of the city walls of Chester, is fit for travel and is still used today.