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Boon's Wharf is one of many wharfs along the Quarryman’s Walk. Like most of these wharfs, it is named after the quarry that it was built for.

This is what a wharf would have looked like when the quarries were open.

Hartshill Quarry of Granite & Brick Co. Canal wharf. 1910s

Can you spot the following things in this picture?
1. The canal boat the granite was loaded on to.
2. The train that the granite was taken from the quarry to the wharf in.
3. The crane that the heavy granite was moved from the train to the canal boat with.

But where was the granite taken by the canal boats?

Listen to the Quarrymen explain:

The boats took the stone all over the country to major cities such as London and Birmingham, as they needed Hartshill stone to build the new roads for their fast growing cities.

What about now?
Today the cranes and loading equipment are gone, although you can still see signs of where they were if you look carefully. Canal boats still stop at some of the wharfs but no heavy cargoes are loaded or unloaded anymore.

Modern boat yard		Life on the canal today
Towpath		Bluebells