Manchester to Leeds Railway Line Disused bridge over Rochdale Canal
Manchester to Leeds Railway Line Disused bridge over Rochdale Canal
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1356431
- Date first listed:
- 06-Oct-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Manchester to Leeds Railway Line Disused bridge over Rochdale Canal
- Statutory Address:
- Manchester to Leeds Railway Line Disused bridge over Rochdale Canal
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1356431
- Date first listed:
- 06-Oct-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Manchester to Leeds Railway Line Disused bridge over Rochdale Canal
- Statutory Address 1:
- Manchester to Leeds Railway Line Disused bridge over Rochdale Canal
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Manchester to Leeds Railway Line Disused bridge over Rochdale Canal
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Oldham (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 88725 06593
Details
This list entry was subjected to a Minor Enhancement on the 31 October 2022 to update the description and to reformat the text to current standards
SD 80 NE
3/52
CHADDERTON
MANCHESTER TO LEEDS RAILWAY LINE
Disused bridge over Rochdale Canal
G.V.
II
Railway bridge over Rochdale Canal. 1838 for the Manchester and Leeds Railway opened 1839 with George Stephenson as Superintendent, engineered by Thomas Gooch . Cast-iron and wrought-iron bowstring truss girders on stone abutments with wrought-iron remedial work of later C19. Skew bridge. Convex-bottomed cast-iron beams span between the principal girders. Later wrought-iron beams were added between each of the original beams. Each is bolted to the principal girders which have open painted arcades, incorporated arched compression members and which were pre-cast in several sections before being bolted together, with wrought-iron tension rods forming the bow-strings completing the trusses. Decorated spandrels have pierced quatrefoils and daggers and form a Tudor arch below the principal girders. The large square abutment piers were removed on the west when a new bridge was constructed adjacent to the old one. The later bridge is not included in this entry.
Listing NGR: SD8872506593
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 212415
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
Mill Hill Bridge, accessed 28 October 2022 from https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Mills_Hill_Bridge,_Chadderton
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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