Arch Bridge 3 On The Macclesfield Canal - Marple, UK - Stone Bridges on Waymarking.com

The Macclesfield Canal
The Macclesfield Canal was one of the last narrow canals to be built, indeed, it was very nearly built as a railway! A variety of ideas were proposed and the present canal was approved by Act of Parliament in April 1826. The route of the canal was surveyed by Thomas Telford and construction was engineered by William Crosley. The completed canal was opened on 9th November 1831 at a cost of £320,000.

The route takes the canal from Marple Junction with the Peak Forest Canal in the north 26¼ miles to the stop lock at Hall Green near Kidsgrove passing along the side of the most westerly Pennine hills through High Lane, Higher Poynton, Bollington, Macclesfield and Congleton, all in Cheshire, and Kidsgrove in Staffordshire in the south. Nowadays we normally regard the last 1½ miles to Harding's Wood Junction with the Trent & Mersey Canal as a part of the Macclesfield Canal although it was built as a branch of the T&MC. link

The Bridge
Aaron Eccles was an Attorney of Marple. In 1850 he owned land and property at the end of Hibbert Lane. link

When canals were built accommodation bridges were erected at places where the canal crossed someone's land and the bridge was built to provide them with access across the canal.

At some point the bridge was widened and a second arch attached to the original. That side of the bridge has been faced with stone to look as close as possible to the original stone bridge.

Physical Location (city, county, etc.): Marple Greater, Manchester Road, Highway, Street, etc.: Hibbert Lane Water or other terrain spanned: The Bridgewater Canal Architect/Builder: William Crosley Construction Date: 1831

Visit Instructions:
Post one photo of the bridge that is a different view from the one on the page and describe your visit. Add any additional information that you may have about this bridge. A GPSr photo is NOT required.

Recent Visits/Logs:

There are no logs for this waymark yet.