Arch Bridge 106 Over Leeds Liverpool Canal - Rishton, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 46.009 W 002° 26.804
30U E 536469 N 5957719
The Leeds Liverpool canal is the longest canal in Northern England.
Waymark Code: WMQDZD
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/13/2016
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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.
This bridge is also known as Side Beet Bridge and is a Historic England Grade II Listed Building with the following text. "Bridge over Leeds-Liverpool Canal, c.1810 (Engineers Ralph Whitworth and Joseph Priestley). Coursed sandstone rubble, with parapet of dressed stone. Elliptical arch with rusticated voussoirs, bands, parapets with ridged coping, curved and pilastered at the ends. Bridge is in a shallow cutting and has a flat deck."
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The bridge was built as an accommodation bridge for side beet farm and the lane over the bridge still leads to the farm.
Like many of the bridges on this canal the arch stones are painted white to help boat owners judge their approach through the bridge. There is also a vertical white line indicating the middle of the canal, which because of the topwath is not the same as the middle of the bridge.