Bridge 192 On Leeds Liverpool Canal – Silsden, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 54.326 W 001° 55.459
30U E 570669 N 5973537
The Leeds Liverpool canal is the longest canal in Northern England.
Waymark Code: WMJ43P
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/20/2013
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The canal is 127.25 miles long and flows from the inland woollen town of Leeds to the coastal sea port of Liverpool, crossing the Pennines along the way. Work on the canal started in 1770 and built in a number of sections and was finally completed in 1816.
The canal is no longer operational for commercial traffic but is popular with leisure boaters.
This steel counterweight swing bridge is also known as Brunthwaite bridge and was built to give access to farm fields.
The Moveable Bridges of Britain
website tells us “John Powell reports that the old timber swing bridge was replaced in 1981 by a manually operated steel swing bridge with timber decking. The bridge is subject to a 3 tonne permanent weight restriction.
The bridge seemed to be in good condition and in regular use.”
It is manually operated with a simple lever arm to push and pull the bridge into position.
A sign next to the push arm has the following operating instructions.
Bridge 192,
Brunthwaite
Swing Bridge
To open bridge
Use handcuff key to unlock anti-vandal
locking mechanism
Use push arm to fully open bridge
To close bridge
Use push arm to close bridge fully
Relock anti-vandal lock mechanism
Please ensure bridge
is not left unlocked