Bridge E On The Leeds Liverpool Canal - Liverpool, UK - Stone Bridges on Waymarking.com

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 bridges on the canal are numbered from the Liverpool end of the canal, but bridge 1 is some distance from Liverpool. A number of bridges were built in Liverpool later as the city expanded, these bridges have letters rather than numbers.

This bridge was originally built as a stone arch bridge in 1835. In 1861 this bridge and a few others nearby were widened by The Health Committee of Liverpool. This bridge was widened on either side with cast iron arches added.

The bridge is also called Boundary Bridge and marked the boundary between Liverpool and Kirkdale. Since then Liverpool continued to expand and the true Liverpool boundary is now further north.

At the time the bridge was built canal boats were still towed by horses and the old stone arch of the bridge has deep grooves cut by the tow ropes.

There is a plaque on the parapet visible from the canal towpath that tells its history.

BOUNDARY BRIDGE

ERECTED

1835

WIDENED BY THE
HEALTH COMMITTEE
THOMAS DOVE ESQ
CHAIRMAN

1861

Physical Location (city, county, etc.): Liverpool, Merseyside Road, Highway, Street, etc.: Boundary Street Water or other terrain spanned: The Leeds Liverpool Canal Construction Date: 1835 Architect/Builder: Not listed

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