Brick And Stone Bridge 6 On The Sheffield And Tinsley Canal - Sheffield, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 23.355 W 001° 26.386
30U E 603759 N 5916706
This single arch brick and stone bridge carries Bacon Lane over the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal and is also known as Bacon Lane Bridge.
Waymark Code: WMRY8Y
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/21/2016
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The bridge is a Historic England Grade II Listed Building with the following text. "Canal bridge. c1819, restored c1989. Probably designed by William Chapman, canal engineer, for the Sheffield Canal Company. Coursed squared stone and brick. Single segmental brick arch with stone facing. String course on north-east side. Splayed brick parapet walls with chamfered stone coping and square brick piers. The canal from Sheffield to Tinsley was opened in 1819."
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The Sheffield and Tinsley Canal
The Sheffield Canal is a canal in the City of Sheffield, England. It runs 3.9 miles (6.3 km) from Tinsley, where it leaves the River Don, to the Sheffield Canal Basin (now Victoria Quays) in the city centre, passing through 11 locks.
Sheffield is on the River Don, but the upper reaches of the river were not navigable. In medieval times, the goods from Sheffield had to be transported overland to the nearest inland port - Bawtry on the River Idle. Later, the lower reaches of the Don were made navigable, but boats could still not reach Sheffield.
This canal opened in 1819 as a broad canal made to accommodate Yorkshire keels. These were 61ft (18.6m) long by 15 ft (4.6m) wide and either powered by sail or bow-hauled by the families that owned them if there was no wind. There were also 'horse marines', a man and horse who would tow the boat on the navigation for a price.
The canal forms part of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigations network of canals and rivers.