Bridge 4 Leek Branch of the Caldon Canal - Longsdon, Staffordshire.
N 53° 04.812 W 002° 03.973
30U E 562549 N 5881599
This road bridge is a located on the Leek Branch of the Caldon Canal near Longsdon.
Waymark Code: WMVE51
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/07/2017
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This bridge is a road bridge, built of stone and is the fourth bridge from the Hazelhurst Junction on the Leek Branch of the Caldon Canal.
The bridge is a Grade II Listed Building in Cheddleton, Staffordshire. Source: (
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'Road bridge over canal. Early C19. Coursed, squared and dressed rubble.
Concave sides, elliptical arch, string below parapets with rounded coping,
carriageway ramped to north over bridge. The Leek branch of the Caldon
Canal was opened circa 1801. John Rennie, Engineer.'
The canal divides at the junction with the main line Caldon Canal descending through three locks in an easterly direction toward Cheddleton and on to Frogall, while the Leek Branch continues along the contour to cross the main line on the single-arched Hazelhurst Aqueduct.
The Leek Branch was opened in 1802 and was built both to extend navigation to the town of Leek and to improve water supplies to the main line of the Trent & Mersey Canal, the Caldon Canal being owned by the Trent & Mersey Canal Company.
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