Brinepit Bridge Over Trent And Mersey Canal - Weston, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 52° 49.950 W 002° 02.017
30U E 565104 N 5854075
This single arch brick bridge is an accommodation bridge for a nearby farm and is bridge number 79.
Waymark Code: WM10DPN
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/19/2019
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"As its name implies, the Trent and Mersey canal (T & M) was built to link the River Trent at Derwent Mouth (in Derbyshire) to the River Mersey. The second connection is made via the Bridgewater Canal, which it joins at Preston Brook in Cheshire. Note that although mileposts measure the distance to Preston Brook and Shardlow, Derwent Mouth is a mile or so beyond Shardlow.
The plan of a canal connection from the Mersey to the Trent ("The Grand Trunk") came from canal engineer James Brindley. It was authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1766 and the first sod was cut by Josiah Wedgwood in July that year at Brownhills, Burslem. In 1777, the canal was completed, including more than 70 locks and five tunnels, with the company headquarters in Stone."
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There are farm fields on both side of the canal and this bridge gives access to fields on both sides.
The bridge is next to lock 24, immediately in front of the bottom gates. Bridges are often built next to locks as the canal is at its narrowest at this point.