Grove Hill Aqueduct - Beverley, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 50.372 W 000° 23.765
30U E 671323 N 5968811
This triple arch brick aqueduct carries the Beverley Beck over the Beverley and Barmston Drain. The drain was built as a drainage scheme for the area.
Waymark Code: WM17019
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/10/2022
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"Beverley Beck is a short canal in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The beck runs from Grovehill Lock on the River Hull at Beverley west for about 0.8 miles (1.3 km) into the town of Beverley. Until 1802, the beck was tidal, but the Beverley and Barmston Drain needed to pass under it, and the lock was constructed to maintain water levels over its tunnel. In 1898, a steam engine was installed, which could be used to top up the water levels in the beck by pumping water from the River Hull. A multimillion-pound refurbishment of the area concluded in 2007, with the refurbishment of the lock gates and pumping engine...
History
...Beverley Beck was first mentioned in 1296, when the Archbishop of York sought to have fish-weirs removed from the River Hull, so that boats could reach Beverley. Grovehill, formerly known as Grevale and located near the junction with the River Hull, was used as a mooring place for barges. The agreement that the Archbishop had made with the fish-weir owners was then transferred to the burgesses of the Beverley Corporation, and by 1344 the Beck was navigable as far as Beverley...
Today
...Beverley Beck was constructed to enable larger vessels to reach the growing town of Beverley. Now it is home to a good number of leisure boats, as well as the historic barge Syntan owned by the Beverley Barge Preservation Society. The barge was built for Richard Hodgson, who owned a tannery in Beverley, and was based on the Beck from 1949 until the 1970s."
Extract from Wikipedia
The aqueduct carries the canal and has a towpath on each side of the canal. Motor vehicles also use the towpath espeially on the south side which carries Waterside Road.