Bridge 2 Leek Branch of the Caldon Canal - Cheddleton, Staffordshire. - Stone Bridges on Waymarking.com

This bridge is an accommodation bridge, built of stone and is the second bridge from the Hazelhurst Junction on the Leek Branch of the Caldon Canal.
The bridge is a Grade II Listed Building in Cheddleton, Staffordshire. Source: (visit link) The description given is as follows;
'Accommodation bridge. Early C19. Coursed squared and dressed stone
with rounded copings; elliptical arch (including towpath) string at
carriageway level; parapets and carriageway cambered over span and
terminated by piers. This section of the Caldon Canal was opened
circa 1801 to take cheaper coal to Leek, John Rennie engineer.'

Grooves made by the ropes used by horses to pull the boats can be seen on the bridge stones near the towpath. Evidence of metal reinforcements used to protect the stones can also be seen.

The canal divides at the junction with the main line Caldon Canal descending through three locks in an easterly direction toward Cheddleton and on to Frogall, while the Leek Branch continues along the contour to cross the main line on the single-arched Hazelhurst Aqueduct.

The Leek Branch was opened in 1802 and was built both to extend navigation to the town of Leek and to improve water supplies to the main line of the Trent & Mersey Canal, the Caldon Canal being owned by the Trent & Mersey Canal Company.
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Physical Location (city, county, etc.): Denford near Cheddleton, Staffordshire Road, Highway, Street, etc.: Accommodation bridge, pedestrains, for vehicles, access for canal boat moorings Water or other terrain spanned: Leek Branch of the Caldon Canal Architect/Builder: John Rennie - engineer Construction Date: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   10/14/2019 dtrebilc visited it