Bridgewater Canal Bollington Underbridge - Little Bollington, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 22.791 W 002° 24.695
30U E 539141 N 5914688
This single arch bridge is an aqueduct carrying the Bridgewater Canal over Park Lane. From the point of view of the canal, which names the bridge, it is therefore an underbridge.
Waymark Code: WMQC3T
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/02/2016
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The Bridgewater Canal
"The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester. It was opened in 1761 from Worsley to Manchester, and later extended from Manchester to Runcorn, and then from Worsley to Leigh.
Often considered to be the first "true" canal in England, as it relied upon existing watercourses as sources of water rather than as navigable routes. Navigable throughout its history, it is one of the few canals in Britain not to have been nationalised, and remains privately owned. Pleasure craft now use the canal which forms part of the Cheshire Ring network of canals."
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The Bridge
The bottom part of the bridge including the arch over the road is stone built. The parapet on the canal is brick built, the usual material of all the original bridges on the canal.