Monument record 10101/2/0 - Former line of the Union Dee branch

The early phase of the Union Dee Branch of the canal ran from the area of Tilston’s Yard to the Chester Canal Company at the Northgate Locks between the mid 1770s and 1800. A secondary company responsible for the canalisation of the River Dee in the 1730s also operated a large basin to the east of the river, later known as the Canal Basin on Tower Road, the basin linked directly to the Northgate locks. Although initially profitable the Company eventually lost out to Liverpool. The River Dee Company was responsible for much of the reclaimed land in the Roodee area in the mid 18th century. In the early 19th century the Union Dee Company linked the basin to the Shropshire Union Canal where it joined the Ellesmere Port Canal, now known as Tower Wharf.