Bridge 84 Over The Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) - Coole Pilate, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 01.226 W 002° 31.766
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This single arch bridge over the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) is an accommodation bridge for a nearby farm and is known as Mickley Bridge..
Waymark Code: WMYHTK
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/18/2018
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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, circa 1826 (consultant T.Telford). Blue bricks in English Bond and stonework. Elliptical arch and projecting stone carriageway band. Cast iron angle rubbing posts. Concrete edge kerbs and red tow-path paving. Humped carriageway with curved approach walls. Rounded stone coping and four-way rounded caps to end piers."
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