Macclesfield Canal Pool Lock Aqueduct And Footbridge

Description

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

KIDSGROVE C.P. MACCLESFIELD CANAL SJ 85 SW

5/58 Pool Lock Aqueduct - and footbridge

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Aqueduct and footbridge. Dated 1828. Red brick (English bond) with stone parapet string and stone coped parapet. Low segmental arch spanning the Trent and Mersey Canal with rusticated ashlar surround. The abutments sweep forward and are terminated by wide pilaster buttresses with squat pyramidal caps. Over the arch is a stone panel bearing the inscription "POOL LOCK / AQUEDUCT / MDCCCXXVIII". On top of the aqueduct, spanning the Macclesfield Canal is a footbridge: red and blue brick abutments and cast iron bridge and balustrade. The Macclesfield Canal was opened in 1831: the engineer was William Crosley. Charles Hadfield,The Canals of the West Midlands 3rd edition (1985).

Listing NGR: SJ8300254913

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/0929 IOE Records taken by Stanley K Harrison; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Stanley K Harrison. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project