 It was crossed by the road from St Georges to Oakengates, once part of the Roman Watling Street and entered Snedshill Tunnel.Snedshill Ironworks with its furnaces stood on the western bank, and beyond them, a wharf where the Ketley Canal joined from the west.Shortly after passing through a short tunnel under the London to Holyhead road, Hollinswood Ironworks stood on the west bank.