Editing Llangollen (section)

===Waterways===
The [[Ellesmere Canal]] was intended to connect the [[coal mine]]s and [[ironworks]] at [[Ruabon]] and [[Wrexham]] to the canal network and thence to the sea via the [[River Mersey]] and the [[River Severn]]. The plans were altered, and instead of connecting Trevor northwards to the sea via the [[River Dee, Wales|River Dee]] and southwards to the Severn, the canal ran eastwards to join the national network at [[Hurleston Junction]] on the [[Shropshire Union Canal]] near [[Nantwich]]. A feeder canal, navigable to Llangollen, was constructed from Trevor to tap water from the River Dee at [[Llantysilio]] (at the weir called "[[Horseshoe Falls (Wales)|Horseshoe Falls]]"). After company mergers, the canal became part of the Shropshire Union System.<ref name="CRT">{{cite web | url=https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network/llangollen-canal | title=Llangollen Canal | publisher=Canal and River Trust | access-date=5 December 2017}}</ref> Until recently it was properly called the Llangollen Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal, though it is now known as the [[Llangollen Canal]].

The canal supplied enough Dee water to supply [[Crewe]] and [[Nantwich]], and when commercial traffic failed in the 1940s, it was kept open to function as a water supply. Amongst Britain's artificial waterways, the canal has an unusually strong flow of up to {{convert|2|mph|km/h|abbr=off}}. Since the use of canals for leisure took off in the 1970s and 1980s, the route, roughly parallel to the river Dee and across the Dee Valley on the [[Pontcysyllte Aqueduct]], is an important part of Llangollen's attraction as a holiday destination. Moorings at Llangollen Wharf and additional moorings in a marina are built at the end of the generally-navigable section, allowing visitors arriving by [[narrowboat]] to moor overnight in Llangollen. The canal then extends {{cvt|1.7|mile|km}}, north and then west, to [[Horseshoe Falls (Wales)|Horseshoe Falls]] in a section navigable only by a horse-drawn excursion boat.<ref>https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/canals-and-rivers/places-to-visit/llangollen-and-the-horseshoe-falls</ref>