This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.
BRADFORD-ON-TONE CP ST12SE 5/1 Canal Bridge at NGR ST 1665 2315 (formerly listed as Bridge over Grand Western Canal at Trefusis Farm) 16.7.81 II Road bridge over remains of Grand Western Canal. 1831-38 by James Green engineer to the Canal Company. Limestone dressed and squared, dressed voussoirs and string band, heavy rounded edge coping. Single flat segmental arch carried on 4 cast iron ribs bearing cast iron plates as centring for road bed. Straight abutments. An early and rare example of a canal bridge of cast iron construction. The canal closed in 1867. (Harris, Grand Western Canal, 1973).
Listing NGR: ST1665023150
This is part of the Series: IOE01/1670 IOE Records taken by Gillian Reed; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England
© Mrs Gillian Reed. Source: Historic England Archive
This photograph was taken for the Images of England project
Photographer: Reed, Gillian
Rights Holder: Reed, Gillian
Cast Iron, Limestone, Georgian Canal Bridge, Victorian Transport, Canal Transport Site, Water Transport Site, Bridge, Road Bridge, Road Transport Site
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