Arch Aqueduct Bridge 19 On Leeds Liverpool Canal - Adlington, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 36.402 W 002° 36.384
30U E 526042 N 5939836
The Leeds Liverpool canal is the longest canal in Northern England.
Waymark Code: WMPWKF
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/30/2015
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The canal is 127.25 miles long and flows from the inland woollen town of Leeds to the coastal sea port of Liverpool, crossing the Pennines along the way. Work on the canal started in 1770 and built in a number of sections and was finally completed in 1816.
The canal crosses a number of rivers via aqueducts, this one being number 19 and carries the canal across the River Douglas.
The aqueduct is a Grade II
Listed building
with the following description.
"Aqueduct c.1800, probably by John Rennie. Stone. Single span, c. 40ft. high, on semicircular arch with plain voussoirs and parapet; side walls and concave abutments are rusticated and have moulded cornice; sloped retaining walls of embankment are of plain tooled stone blocks."
At the top of the bridge on the canal towpath there are grooves cut into the parapet where the tow ropes used by the horses to pull the canal boats rubbed against it.