Bridge D On The Leeds Liverpool Canal - Liverpool, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 25.458 W 002° 59.383
30U E 500682 N 5919472
The Leeds Liverpool canal is the longest canal in Northern England.
Waymark Code: WMPNXP
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/28/2015
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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 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 and others nearby were improved at a time when Liverpool was expanding. This bridge known as Leigh Bridge is a cast iron footbridge that connects the road called New Hadley Grove with a small park area between the canal and Vauxhall Road. It replaces an earlier one that was on the site.
There is a plaque on the parapet visible from the canal towpath that tells its history.
LEIGH BRIDGE
RE-ERECTED BY THE
HEALTH COMMITTEE
1861
THOMAS DOVE ESQ
CHAIRMAN
R & J RANKIN
UNION FOUNDRY
LIVERPOOL
The plaque has a large cormorant in the middle. This bird is the symbol of Liverpool and appears on the city's coat of arms.