
Bridge 24 Over The Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) - Little Onn, UK
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dtrebilc
N 52° 44.550 W 002° 14.117
30U E 551625 N 5843900
Quick Description: This single arch brick bridge carries Little Onn Road over the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) and is known as Little Onn Bridge.
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 8/8/2018 12:00:35 PM
Waymark Code: WMYXXZ
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Long Description:
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. c1830-33. Telford design. Brick, with stone band and brick and stone copings. Single elliptical arch. Slightly cambered solid parapet and piers. Oval iron number- plate on south side. 2 iron rope fenders. Stone and brick towpath coping."
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