Oxford Canal Tilting Bridge Approximately 600 Metres North Of Duke's Cut

Date:
21 Aug 2002
Location:
Oxford Canal Tilting Bridge Approximately 600 Metres North Of Duke's Cut, Gosford And Water Eaton, Cherwell, Oxfordshire
Reference:
IOE01/07849/35
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.

GOSFORD AND WATER EATON OXFORD CANAL SP41SE 5/40 Tilting bridge approx. 60Om. N of Duke's Cut - II Tilting canal bridge and embankment walls. Late C18 by James Brindley. Wooden bridge; brick walls with stone details. Flat wooden bridge with long raking counterwight beams. Widening embankment walls have brick copings, sloping away from the bridge, and have large rusticated stone blocks set into the brickwork beneath the bridge to act as fenders. This type of bridge is unique to the Oxford Canal.

Listing NGR: SP4889311199

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0165 IOE Records taken by Sean Bergin; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Sean Bergin. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Bergin, Sean

Rights Holder: Bergin, Sean

Keywords

Brick, Stone, Wood, Georgian Movable Bridge, Monument (By Form), Bridge, Transport, Wall, Barrier, Embankment, Canal Bridge, Canal Transport Site, Water Transport Site