Arch Bridge 21 Over The Peak Forest Canal - Marple, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 22.767 W 002° 03.235
30U E 562932 N 5914899
This single span arch bridge carries Hollinwood Lane over the Peak Forest Canal.
Waymark Code: WMR25N
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/01/2016
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The Peak Forest Canal
The 18th Century had seen the development of the canal network in the UK to carry heavy goods, and led to towns such as Manchester become the first large industrial towns.
There was a demand for limestone and grit stone from the nearby quarries to be transported to Manchester and beyond and so the Peak Forest Canal was built with a connection to the Ashton Canal at Ashton-Under-Lyne.
The canal has a series of 16 locks to lift the canal a height of 209 feet from Ashton-Under-Lyne to Buxworth.
There is also a small half mile long side arm of the canal from Bridgemeount to Whaley Bridge. Even before the canal, there had been coal mines at Whaley Bridge and the canal became a useful way to move the coal and other goods.
The Bridge
This bridge is known as Routing Walls Bridge and has a single arch that straddles both the canal and the tow path.
The bridge is a Historic England Grade II Listed Building with the following text "Road bridge. Between 1794 and 1801. Benjamin Outram and Thomas Brown engineers. Dressed red sandstone with ashlar dressings. Horseshoe arch, ashlar band and concaved parapet/retaining walls with rounded copings which are terminated by square piers.".
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