Description

HANBURY CP WORCESTER AND BIRMINGHAM SO 96 SW SO 93146381 CANAL 3/148 (11/83) Summerhill Farm Bridge No 38 26.8.75 - II

Canal accommodation bridge. Early C19. Red brick with sandstone parapet coping. Elliptical arch and cambered sides; parapet has a 2-course band at its base, is splayed at each end, and is terminated by square piers. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal was built for the Earl of Dudley between 1791 and 1815 to link the Birmingham Canal Navigations with the River Severn. It was intended, primarily, as a means of supplying coal from the Black Country to the West Midlands. The towpath runs beneath the east side of the bridge.

Listing NGR: SO9314063804

External Links

• Wikidata Q26356376

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