Cherryeye Bridge 53, Caldon Canal - Consall, Staffordshire. - Stone Bridges on Waymarking.com

Cherryeye Bridge No 53, is an accommodation bridge, located on the Caldon Canal between Froghall Wharf and Consall.

The bridge is Grade II listed. The description given by British Listed Buildings is as follows;
'Canal road bridge, now redundant. Circa 1779. Coursed dressed and squared stone. Labelled, roughly 3-centred arch, flat-top parapet humped over span and slightly curved out at ends. The Cherryeye bridge received its name on account of its use as an access route to a nearby ironstone mine (now disused) by the miners who on their return home had a distinctly cherryeye appearance from the ironstone dust. The Caldon Canal was built to carry limestone from Caldon Low and was completed to Froghall by 1779. First surveyed by James Brindley, succeeded by Henshaw and completed by John Rennie circa 1801.' (visit link)

The Caldon Branch of the Trent and Mersey Canal was built between Etruria and Froghall in 1776 at a cost of £23,560 and opened in 1779. It was built specifically to carry limestone from the quarries at Cauldon Low, near Froghall to Stoke-on-Trent. (visit link)

Physical Location (city, county, etc.): Staffordshire Road, Highway, Street, etc.: Farm track - public footpath Water or other terrain spanned: Caldon Canal Architect/Builder: Henshaw and John Rennie engineers Construction Date: Not listed

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