Bridge 20 Over The Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) - Wheaton Aston, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 52° 42.958 W 002° 13.082
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This single arch brick bridge is an accommodation bridge for a nearby farm over the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) and is known as Dirty Lane Bridge.
Waymark Code: WMYYPD
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/12/2018
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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. c1830-33. Telford design. Brick, with stone band and copings. Single elliptical arch, solid parapet and pier. Oval iron number-plate on south side. 2 iron rope fenders. Brick towpath coping beneath bridge. "
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