Weir On River Teme Including Attached Sluice, Retaining Walls And Culvert

Date:
15 Sep 1999
Location:
Weir On River Teme Including Attached Sluice, Retaining Walls And Culvert, Craven Arms, South Shropshire, Shropshire, SY7 9AL
Reference:
IOE01/02177/16
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

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

CRAVEN ARMS

SO48SW STOKESAY 1943-1/5/172 Weir on River Teme including attached sluice, retaining walls and culvert

II

Wier and attatched sluice, retaining walls and culvert. Probably C18, exteded 1822 by Thomas Telford when Shropshire County Surveyor. Ashlar, with dressed stone to walls. Elongated crescent directing water to culvert on western bank.

Weir itself approx. 50m long and 3m high, of ashlar facing with bullnosed lip; downstream face appears to be stepped; dressed stone skirt. Against eastern bank is double sulice with woodern access platform to single surviving cast-iron rack and pinion gate; eastern wall of sluice extends as retaining wall for approx. 20m upstream. Western end of weir has stone culvert and retaining wall extending for approx. 20m downstream. (Davis Major AT: Historic Shropshire Bridges strenghtened with Ferro-concrete).

Listing NGR: SO4379581826

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/2031 IOE Records taken by David Thompson; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© David Thompson. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Thompson, David

Rights Holder: Thompson, David

Keywords

Stone, Ashlar, Stuart Revetment, Georgian Monument (By Form), Wall, Barrier, Weir, Transport, Water Transport Site, Water Supply And Drainage, Water Regulation Installation, Industrial, Water Power Production Site, Power Generation Site, Sluice, Maritime, Culvert, Drain, Watercourse