Bollington Underbridge (Aqueduct)

Bridgewater Canal

April 2010

Barsbank Underbridge (Aqueduct)

Barsbank Underbridge (Aqueduct)

Bridgewater Canal

April 2010

A very typical Bridgewater aqueduct, located on the western side on Lymm.

Barsbank Underbridge (north)

Barsbank Underbridge (south)

Walton Underbridge (Aqueduct)

Walton Underbridge (Aqueduct)

Bridgewater Canal

April 2010

Red Brow Underbridge (Aqueduct)

Red Brow Underbridge (Aqueduct)

Bridgewater Canal

April 2010

Notable as the first aqueduct eas one starts the Bridgewater canal form the west, near the Runcorn Arm.

Red Brow (west)

Red Brow (east)

Lumbrook Underbridge (Aqueduct)

Lumbrook Underbridge (Aqueduct)

Bridgewater Canal

April 2010

An unassuming concerete aqueduct just east of Stockton Heath.

Chester Road Underbridge (Aqueduct)

Chester Road Underbridge (Aqueduct)

Bridgewater Canal

April 2010

Aqueducts come thick and fast of the Bridgewater, and a particularly interesting one can be found in Stockton Heath, which carries the canal over both the road and the river.

Shebdon Aqueduct

Shebdon Aqueduct

Shropshire Union

April 2010

Shebdon aqueduct may not be well known, but the nearby Wharf Inn is a feature of the Shropshire Union Canal.

Coopers Aqueduct

Coopers Aqueduct
BCN Mainline
February 2010

I went out on a lost canal hunt last weekend, and remembered that an aqueduct exists carrying the River Tame under both the New Mainline and the adjacent railway at Sheepwash Park.

Our journey from the Haines Branch to the Dunkirk Branch took us right past the entrance, so here it is. Effective but uninspiring!

Coopers Aqueduct BCN

RIver Weaver Aqueduct

River Weaver Aqueduct

Middlewich Branch Canal (SUC)

22.4.10

A recent trip along the Middlewich Branch Canal afforded an opportunity to have a goof look at the River Weaver Aqueduct.

Weaver Aqueduct - North

The descent down a very high and steep embankment was a bit perilous but afforded me a good view of the big central arch, and the two smaller flood relief arches.

Weaver Aqueduct - south

Lickily the water level was down so I walked through the western flood relief arch and capturesshots of both fides of this impressive blue brick construction.

Flood relief channel

Anderton Boat Lift Aqueduct

Anderton Boat Lift Aqueduct

Trent and Mersey

21.4.10

I hadnt really thought about the Anderton Boat Lift having an aqueduct till the lift keeper instructed me to move onto it. But when I later viewed it from the side it is indeed an aqueduct, and an impressive one at that.

The boat lift lowers craft 50 feet from the Trent and Mersey to the Weaver Navigation and an approach chute is needed to get boats into the cassions. Both ends are protected by guilloting gates to prevent water loss.