Wednesday 29 April 2009

Nantwich Aqueduct

Nantwich Aqueduct
Shropshire Union Canal

A late Thomas Telford aqueduct spanning the main road to the west out of Nantwich. This cast iron structure comprises five panels with an arch, constructed in 1826 and now a grade two listed structure.
The relative late construction date has resulted in something which looks more like a railway bridge and you could be forgiven for failing to recognise it as an aqueduct, were it not for the copious leaks now apparent through the abutments.


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This aqueduct forms one of a family set of three, with the others being over the A5 at Stretton and at Congleton on the Macclesfield.

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This aqueduct has a headroom of 4.6m, spanning a gap 8.8m using 1.8m square cast iron plates bolted together.

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