Tower Wharf Warehouse Dock Swing Bridge - Chester, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 11.689 W 002° 53.977
30U E 506706 N 5893947
This pedestrian swing bridge carries the Shropshire Union Canal towpath over a small arm that leads to a redeveloped former warehouse wharf.
Waymark Code: WMWFHV
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/28/2017
Views: 2
Before canals became popular in the UK there was a port on the River Dee at Chester.
After the Trent and Mersy Canal was built a loat of boat traffic diverted to the canal and Chester was worried about losing all its trade and so proposed a canal from the River Dee to connect to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Middlewich with a branch to Nantwich. However the Trent and Mersey Canal were unco-operative about a junction at Middlewich, and so the route to Nantwich was opened in 1779.
Later on in 1795 the Ellesmere Canal was built from Ellesmere Port to connect to the Chester Canal and later after other extensions various parts of the Canal were merged to form the Shropshire Union Canal.
This area is where the Ellesmere Canal had a branch to join onto the River Dee and various wharves and warehouse were built to trans ship goods between river boats and canal boats.
Tower Wharf and its warehouses is on the opposite side of the canal to the branch down to the River Dee. There has been recent development of apartment blocks alongside the wharf and the bridge allows access for boats entering the wharf area.
The bridge is manually operated and locked shut by a standard padlock that boat owners carry with them.
Bridge Type: Swing Bridge
Pedestrian Traffic: yes
Bicycle Traffic: yes
Vehicular Traffic: no
Railway Traffic: no
Built: Not listed
Span: Not listed
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