Bridge 8 Over The Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) - Brewood, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 52° 39.429 W 002° 09.698
30U E 556707 N 5834462
This single arch brick bridge over the The Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) was built as an accommodation bridge for a nearby farm and is known as Park Bridge.
Waymark Code: WMYZJ4
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/15/2018
Views: 2
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 over canal. c1830. Engineer Thomas Telford. Ashlar. Single semi- elliptical arch with raised keystone; band to coped parapet."
link