Oxford Canal Bridge Number 95

Description

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

BRAUNSTON OXFORD CANAL SP56NW 4/111 Bridge No.95

GV II

Turn-over bridge. c.1830. Brick with moulded blue brick coping to parapet and blue brick string course at base of parapet. Iron plaque over arch with number '95'. The flanking walls curve down on either side and extend forward beside the canal. A second wall runs parallel to them bordering the tow path, which is carried across the bridge to the opposite side. The section of the Oxford Canal on which this bridge stands was built in 1829-34 as part of a scheme for shortening and straightening the canal, which formerly joined the Grand Union Canal at Braunston Wharf (H. Compton, The Oxford Canal, 1976, p.95).

Listing NGR: SP5315165928

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0012 IOE Records taken by John Airlie Hunter; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Dr John Airlie Hunter. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project