Bridge 31 Over The Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) - Gnosall, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 52° 46.083 W 002° 15.233
30U E 550339 N 5846730
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 Cowley Double Road Bridge.
Waymark Code: WMYXX0
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/08/2018
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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 Bridge
The bridge is a Historic England Grade II Listed Building.
"Accommodation bridge. c1830-33. Telford design. Stone, with stone band and copings. Single elliptical arch with voussiors. Slightly cambered. solid parapet and piers. 2 iron fenders. Brick towpath coping."
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