Arch Bridge 46 Over The Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) - Knighton, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 52° 50.363 W 002° 22.761
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This single arch stone bridge is an accommodation bridge for a nearby farm over the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) and is known as Knighton Bridge.
Waymark Code: WMYWXF
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/03/2018
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The Canal
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.
After the canal was built to Nantwich the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal was built to connect Nantwich to Authley near Wolverhampton. Eventually these canals and a number of others merged to form the Shropshire Union Canal.
The ABridge
The bridge is a Historic England Grade II Listed Building.
"Accommodation bridge, skew built. 1829-32. Telford design. Stone, with band copings. Single elliptical arch, solid parapet and piers. 2 iron rope fenders."
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