Otter's Bridge Over The Chesterfield Canal - Clayworth, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 23.033 W 000° 54.683
30U E 638912 N 5917009
This brick single arch bridge is an accommodation Bridge over the Chesterfield canal and is bridge number 68.
Waymark Code: WM112PY
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/05/2019
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"The canal was built to link Chesterfield, Worksop and Retford to the Trent and so gain access to more trade. Local Anston Stone was transported by the canal to the river Trent for the building of the new Houses of Parliament. During the 19th century the canal was a commercial success due to local coal. However, mining caused subsidence in the Norwood Tunnel, severing the top end of the canal.
The Chesterfield Canal runs from the river Trent at West Stockwith to Chesterfield. The Canal is 45.5 miles (73.3 km) long and has 65 locks, but only the section from West Stockwith the eastern end of Norwood Tunnel is currently navigable. This navigable section is 31.6 miles (50.9 km) long and has 46 locks.
At the isolated western end of the canal, five miles and five locks have been restored. The new Staveley Town Basin opened in 2012. There are slipways at Tapton Lock in Chesterfield and Staveley Town Basin. There is also a craning pad at the basin. This leaves nine miles to be restored. There are detailed plans for the entire stretch, prepared by the Chesterfield Canal Partnership."
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The bridge
The bridge is a Historic England Grade II Listed Building.
"Accommodation bridge over canal. c1774-76 when this section of the canal was constructed. James Brindley/Hugh Henshall, engineers. Brick with squared stone coping. Single segmental-headed arch with towpath. Projecting arch ring or drip mould. Springing stones to arch. Voussoirs have been rendered. Swept wings terminating in piers. Some brick renewal."
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