Plant's Bridge 34 Caldon Canal - Endon, Staffordshire, England, UK.
N 53° 04.877 W 002° 05.084
30U E 561307 N 5881704
Bridge No 34 is also known as Plant's Bridge and is located on the Caldon Canal near Endon.
Waymark Code: WMWT8A
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/10/2017
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Plants Bridge No 34, is an arch, stone farmers accommodation bridge located on the Caldon Canal. This bridge is also used as a public footpath. The number 34 refers to it being the 34th bridge from the junction of the Trent and Mersey Canal.
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.
In 1797 a secondary branch was built from Hazlehurst Locks to Leek. By 1811 a further extension from Froghall led to Uttoxeter, a further 13 miles, but only lasted until 1845. By 1849 a railway had been built, some of the track using the former canal bed. (
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