Rochdale Canal Lock Number 52 And Towpath Bridge

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

SD 81 SE ROCHDALE ROCHDALE CANAL SD 88301035

6/94 Lock No. 52 and towpath bridge (end of Bridge Street)

G.V. II

Lock and towpath bridge. Between 1794 and 1804. William Jessop, engineer. Dressed stone with random stone to bridge parapet walls. The upper gates have been fully overhauled, the lower are no longer in existence only the recess remains. Many of the heavy stones of the retaining walls have letters inscribed in their faces. the bridge, the parapet walls of which appear to be largely rebuilt, has a segmental arch.

Listing NGR: SD8830010300

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/1091 IOE Records taken by Pamela Jackson; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Ms Pamela Jackson. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project