Green Lane Aqueduct On Peak Forest Canal - Romiley, UK - Stone Bridges on Waymarking.com

The Peak Forest Canal
It is a narrow canal constructed between 1794 and 1805 and is fourteen miles long. It connects Buxworth with Dukinfield where it joins the Ashton Canal. The main purpose of the canal was to transport limestone from quarries above Buxworth. There are sixteen locks near the town of Marple that raise the canal a height of 210 feet in a distance of 1 mile.

The advent of the railways and later modern roads led to the decline of the canal and it fell into disuse between 1920 and 1960. An upsurge in leisure boat use led to the canal being restored and reopened in 1974.

The Aqueduct
At this point the canal is on a high embankment and so the aqueduct is needed to carry the canal across the road. There is a sign on the road side of the aqueduct indicating that the height of the aqueduct is 8ft 3 inches high.

The aqueduct is narrow and the road only wide enough for single file traffic and traffic is only allowed to pass in one direction.

The aqueduct is a Historic England Grade II Listed Building.
"Aqueduct. Between 1794 and 1801. Benjamin Outram and Thomas Brown engineers. Dressed stone. Semi-elliptical arch covered by C20 render. Retaining and parapet walls are segmental in plan and the west side has been partly repaired in concrete block. Stone band and a rounded coping to parapet." link

Physical Location (city, county, etc.): Romiley, Greater Manchester Road, Highway, Street, etc.: Peak Forest Canal Water or other terrain spanned: Green Lane Architect/Builder: Benjamin Outram and Thomas Brown Construction Date: 1801

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