Description

HADZOR CP WORCESTER & BIRMINGHAM CANAL SO 96 SW SO 91845181 3/51 (14/79) Hammonds Bridge No 32 26.8.75 - II

Canal accommodation bridge. Early C19. Red brick with dressed sandstone and blue brick parapet coping, partly repaired with concrete. 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 Naviagations with the River Severn. Its primary purpose was a means of supplying coal form the Black Country to the south-west Midlands. The towpath runs beneath the east side of the bridge.

Listing NGR: SO9184861794

External Links

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version