Trent And Mersey Canal Junction Towpath Bridge - 1828 - Kidsgrove, UK - Bridge Date Stones and Plaques on Waymarking.com

The Macclesfield Canal
The Macclesfield Canal was one of the last narrow canals to be built, indeed, it was very nearly built as a railway! A variety of ideas were proposed and the present canal was approved by Act of Parliament in April 1826. The route of the canal was surveyed by Thomas Telford and construction was engineered by William Crosley. The completed canal was opened on 9th November 1831 at a cost of £320,000.

The route takes the canal from Marple Junction with the Peak Forest Canal in the north 26¼ miles to the stop lock at Hall Green near Kidsgrove passing along the side of the most westerly Pennine hills through High Lane, Higher Poynton, Bollington, Macclesfield and Congleton, all in Cheshire, and Kidsgrove in Staffordshire in the south. Nowadays we normally regard the last 1½ miles to Harding's Wood Junction with the Trent & Mersey Canal as a part of the Macclesfield Canal although it was built as a branch of the T&MC. link

The Bridge
The bridge was built by the Trent and Mersey canal engineers using brick rather than Macclesfield Canal engineers that used stone for their bridges.

Date built or dedicated as indicated on the date stone or plaque.: MDCCCXXVIII (1828) Date stone, plaque location.: On the outside of the parapet over the Macclesfield Canal. Road, body of water, land feature, etc. that the bridge spans.: Macclesfield Canal Website (if available): Not listed Parking (safe parking location): Not Listed

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