Barnfields Canal Aqueduct - Leek, Staffordshire, UK.
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N 53° 05.624 W 002° 01.989
30U E 564744 N 5883134
The aqueduct formerly carried the Caldon canal over the River Churnet into the Leek canal basin.
Waymark Code: WMZCE5
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/19/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member razalas
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This former aqueduct bridge is now an accommodation bridge for pedestrians and cyclists. It is built of stone and originally carried the Caldon Canal over the River Churnet into the Leek basin.

The Leek Branch of the Caldon canal now ends some way from Leek town centre. The original canal, extended to a basin on the south side of Leek Railway Station. The section from the Barnfields Aqueduct was filled in during the late 1950s/early 1960s to allow for the building of the Barnfields Road Industrial Estate.

The bridge is a Grade II Listed Building in near Leek, Staffordshire. Source: (visit link)
The description given is as follows;
'Aqueduct. 1801. John Rennie, engineer. Coursed and squared
stone. Retaining walls and arch structure curved in both
planes, with stepped parapet, plain string course and
rusticated voussoirs to arch.
The aqueduct formerly carried the Caldon canal over the River
Churnet into the Leek canal basin.'
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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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Physical Location (city, county, etc.): Leek , Staffordshire, UK

Road, Highway, Street, etc.: Accommodation bridge for pedestrians

Water or other terrain spanned: The Leek Branch of the Caldon Canal.

Architect/Builder: John Rennie - Engineer.

Construction Date: 1801

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