Saturday 26 June 2010

Dog Lane Aqueduct


Dog Lane Aqueduct
Macclesfield Canal
April 2010

This is one of the three identical triplets including Stretton and Northwich - and Kynnersley if you stretch things a bit - call it three and a half !






Friday 25 June 2010

Dane Aqueduct

Dane Aqueduct
Macclesfield Canal
April 2010
This lofty beauty lacks the recognition it deserves.

Its single high brick arch carries the Macclesfield Canal high over the River Dane beneath Bosley Locks. Boaters will clock thje embankment but few dice with death and risk broken bones to reach the waters edge and view it from its finest perspective.








Thursday 24 June 2010

Clifton Aqueduct

Clifton Aqueduct
Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal
April 2010

This is an impressive aqueduct by any standard. All the more so because it has stood empty for the last 60 years but seems as good as the day it was built, patiently awaiting the restoration of the canal.

For the time being it serves as a very handy bridge over the Irwell for walkers and cyclists wanting to enter the adjoining parkland.






Wednesday 23 June 2010

Lumns Aqueduct

Lumns Aqueduct
Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal
April 2010

You could easily overlook this aqueduct, with its archway rooted out and the dry canal bed seemingly entering a narrows.

Tuesday 22 June 2010

Whaley Bridge Aqueduct

Whaley Bridge Aqueduct
Upper Peak Forest Canal
13th April 2010





Monday 21 June 2010

Higher Poynton Aqueduct


Higher Poynton Aqueduct
Macclesfield Canal
13th April 2010





Sunday 20 June 2010

Bollington Aqueduct


Bollington Aqueduct
Macclesfield Canal
13th April 2010






Saturday 19 June 2010

Houghton Dale Aqueduct


Houghton Dale Aqueduct
Lower Peak Forest Canal
11th April 2010






Friday 18 June 2010

Chadkirk Chapel Aqueduct


Chadkirk Chapel Aqueduct
Lower Peak Forest Canal
11th April 2010








Thursday 17 June 2010

Ashton Under Lyne Aqueduct

Ashton Under Lyne Aqueduct
Peak Forest Canal
11th April 2010






Wednesday 16 June 2010

Hawke Green Aqueduct



Hawke Green Aqueduct
Upper Peak Forest Canal
April 2010


Western portal



Eastern Portal

Tuesday 15 June 2010

Marple Aqueduct

Marple Aqueduct
Peak Forest Canal

Update:
I visited Marple Aqueduct on 12th April 2010 and grabbed the opportunity to take some photo's before the foliage obscrued what view there was. This is a near impossible aqueduct to photograph hence the montage approach.














A 105 yard masonry aqueduct, constructed by Benjamin Outram between 1794 and 1800 carrying the Peak Forest Canal 90 feet over the River Goyt on three graceful arches.
The structure is innovative in a number of ways, with its oval base piers being made of red sandstone sourced from the nearby Hyde Bank Quarry, and the upper sections using white masonry. The upper sections borrowed a construction technique from William Edwards in the shape of spandrills (drills through the spans!) piercing the haunches of the arches, reducing the weight of masonry.

The end result is a hugely elegant structure fully justifying its status as an Ancient Monument.
As at Chirk, a later railway viaduct runs parallel all but slightly higher than the canal aqueduct, detracting from its grandeur but even so, it has rightly been described as one of the finest monuments to the canal age.



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