Bridge 65 Over The Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) - Market Drayton, UK
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N 52° 54.815 W 002° 28.719
30U E 535057 N 5862785
This single arch stone bridge carries Maer Lane over the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) and is known as Victoria Bridge.
Waymark Code: WMYTJW
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/23/2018
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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.
"Road bridge over canal. 1827-30. Telford design. Stone with some brick. Single elliptical arch with voussoirs and keystone. Band and slightly cambered solid parapet with stone and some concrete coping. Two oval iron tie bar plates on each side. Solid piers with stone coping. Two iron rope fenders."
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