Arch Bridge 5 Over The Rufford Branch Of The Leeds Liverpool Canal – Burscough, UK - Stone Bridges on Waymarking.com

The main line of 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 branch off the main line links Burscough to the River Douglas at Tarleton. This was also built in stages between 1760 and 1805.

The canal is a broad canal and the maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 62 feet long and 14 feet wide. The maximum headroom is 7 feet and 8 inches. The maximum draught is 3 feet and 7 inches.

The bridge known as Prescott Bridge is a Grade II Listed building with the following description. "Public road bridge over Rufford Branch of Leeds-Liverpool Canal. c.1781, altered. Resident engineer Richard Owen. For the Leeds-Liverpool Canal Company. Coursed squared sandstone (parapets rebuilt in concrete); a semi-elliptical arch with plain voussoirs, plain arch-band, plain terminal piers, large rectangular metal tie-plates on west side, oval number plate "5" on north side; and a humped cobbled deck (under remains of C20 asphalt). Forms group with Baldwin's Lock and Bridge approx. 500m south, and with German's Lock and Bridge approx. 400m further south, (q.v. under Moss Lane)."

Physical Location (city, county, etc.): Burscough, Lancashire Road, Highway, Street, etc.: Meadow Lane Water or other terrain spanned: The Rufford Branch of the Leeds Liverpool Canal Architect/Builder: Richard Owen Construction Date: 1781

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