Description

SK 1800-1900 DRAYTON BASSETT C.P. BIRMINGHAM AND
FAZELEY CANAL

14/16 Drayton Footbridge
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GV II

Footbridge. Late C18. Red brick, painted white externally; stone
parapet. A pair of cylindrical stair turrets flank the canal and are
linked by a footbridge, each turret has a pointed arch doorway and
a crenellated parapet. The Minworth to Fazeley branch of the Birmingham
and Fazeley Canal, which Drayton Footbridge serves, was completed
in 1789; the contractor was John Pinkerton. S. R. Broadbridge, The
Birmingham Canal Navigations, Vol. I 1768-1846 (1974) pp.38-45.

Listing NGR: SK1997200802

Selected Sources

• Broadbridge, S R , The Birmingham Canal Navigations 1768-1846, (1974), 38-45

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