Arch Bridge 107 Over Leeds Liverpool Canal - Rishton, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 46.170 W 002° 26.010
30U E 537338 N 5958026
The Leeds Liverpool canal is the longest canal in Northern England.
Waymark Code: WMQDZN
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/13/2016
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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.
This bridge is also known as Cut Lane Bridge and is a Historic England Grade II Listed Building with the following text. "Bridge over Leeds-Liverpool Canal c.1810 (Engineers Robert Whitworth and Joseph Priestley). Sandstone blocks, coursed rubble parapet. Elliptical arch with rusticated voussoirs, bands, parapets rising to a point in the centre with coping and pilastered ends."
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The bridge was built as an accommodation bridge for the nearby Cut Farm.
Like many of the bridges on this canal the arch stones are painted white to help boat owners judge their approach through the bridge. There is also a vertical white line indicating the middle of the canal, which because of the topwath is not the same as the middle of the bridge.