Arch Bridge 59 Over Huddersfield Canal - Marsden, UK
Posted by: 
dtrebilc
N 53° 36.179 W 001° 55.820
30U E 570780 N 5939882
This footbridge over the Huddersfield Narrow Canal leads to Marsden railway station.
Waymark Code: WMBWF2
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/27/2011
Views: 2
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal was built to connect Yorkshire and Manchester and went from Huddersfield to Ashton-Under-Lyne. In the process it had to cross the Pennine hills and needed a large number of locks and a long tunnel to complete the connection.
The canal started to be constructed in 1794 and most of the canal, except the tunnel was completed by 1799. Marsden station was not built until 1849, but sometime between 1840 and 1860, the Ordnance Survey marked the bridge with a Cut Mark recording the height above sea level as 644.04 feet.
This means the bridge was built sometime before the railway was there, but I don’t know the exact date. At a guess I would say it was at the same time as the canal. It connects the station with Station Road.
It is immediately next to a lock on the canal, at the eastern side. A sewer or water pipe passes above head height through the supporting walls of the bridge.
Below the Ordnance Survey Cut Mark are a number of notches in the stone work, caused by the towropes catching the bridge as horses pulled the boats into or out of the lock.
What type of traffic does this bridge support?: pedestrians
What kind of gap does this bridge cross?:
canal
Is the bridge still in service for its original purpose?: yes
Name of road or trail the bridge services: Footpath leading to Marsden Railway Station
Location:
Marsden Railway Station
Station Road
Marsden
West Yorkshire
HD7 6DH
Length of bridge: Not listed
Height of bridge: Not listed
Date constructed: Not listed
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