Supertram Bridge 7 On The Sheffield And Tinsley Canal - Attercliffe, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 23.497 W 001° 25.975
30U E 604209 N 5916980
This single arch cast iron bridge carries the Sheffield Supertram Yellow Line over the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal close to the Attercliffe tram stop.
Waymark Code: WMRYHP
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/22/2016
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At this point the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal is in a cutting and the bridge carries the trams high above the canal. It is a deck arch bridge with the tram tracks on a bed supported by the arch.
"The Sheffield Supertram (officially the Stagecoach Supertram) is an English light rail tram system in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The infrastructure is owned by the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, with Stagecoach operating and maintaining the trams...Following a parliamentary act in 1985 authorising the scheme, the Supertram line was built by the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) at a cost of £240 million, and opened in stages in 1994/95."
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The Yellow Route connects Sheffield with the Meadowhall Shopping Centre.
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.