Bridge 25 Over The Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) - High Onn, UK
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N 52° 44.933 W 002° 14.717
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This single arch brick bridge carries a minor road over the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) and is known as High Onn Bridge.
Waymark Code: WMYXXP
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/08/2018
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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.
"Road bridge over canal. c1830-33. Telford design. Brick, with stone band and copings. Single elliptical arch. Slightly cambered, solid parapet and piers. 2 iron rope fenders."
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