Stretton Aqueduct - Near Horsebrook, Staffordshire, UK
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N 52° 41.655 W 002° 11.382
30U E 554762 N 5838567
This ancient aqueduct crosses the A5 main road near Horsebrook.
Waymark Code: WM9AGA
Location: North Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/22/2010
Views: 14
The aqueduct was built by Thomas Telford in 1832 for the Birmingham & Liverpool canal company.
Wikipedia describes the aqueduct:
'Stretton Aqueduct is a short cast iron canal aqueduct between Stretton and Brewood, and near to Belvide Reservoir, in south Staffordshire, England. Designed by Thomas Telford and bearing his name plus its date of construction, 1832, it carries the Shropshire Union Canal (formerly called the Birmingham and Liverpool Canal) 30 feet (9.1 m) over Telford's A5 road at a skewed angle.
The aqueduct has five sections, each 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) long, held together by bolts and supported by six cast iron arch ribs, each in two sections and joined at the centre of the arch. It was cast by William Hazledine of Shrewsbury. The trough is 21 feet (6.4 m) wide with an 11 feet (3.4 m) wide channel of water and a towpath on either side. The Staffordshire blue brick abutments have stone dressings.
During 1961-62, the road under the aqueduct was lowered by about 4 feet (1.2 m) to allow taller vehicles to pass underneath.
It was one of Telford's last aqueducts and has been grade II listed since 1985.'
When was it built?: 01/01/1835
Related website: Not listed
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