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Latitude: 54.0427 / 54°2'33"N
Longitude: -2.8031 / 2°48'11"W
OS Eastings: 347506
OS Northings: 461044
OS Grid: SD475610
Mapcode National: GBR 8PVP.XK
Mapcode Global: WH846.XNC5
Plus Code: 9C6V25VW+3Q
Entry Name: Lancaster Canal Basin Bridge (Number 98)
Listing Date: 30 November 1970
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1194963
English Heritage Legacy ID: 383030
ID on this website: 101194963
Location: Haverbreaks, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1
County: Lancashire
District: Lancaster
Electoral Ward/Division: Scotforth West
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Lancaster
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire
Church of England Parish: Lancaster St Mary with St John and St Anne
Church of England Diocese: Blackburn
Tagged with: Roving bridge
LANCASTER
SD4761SE ALDCLIFFE ROAD
1685-1/8/1 (East side (off))
30/11/70 Basin Bridge (No.98)
(Formerly Listed as:
CANAL BRIDGES
Basin Bridge)
GV II
Roving bridge. c1797. Designed by John Rennie (engineer). For
the Lancaster Canal Company. Coursed squared sandstone.
Concave on plan, with slightly battered abutments.
Semi-elliptical arch with triple keystone, a band above, and
parapets with rounded coping. The western parapet has been
raised, and its central section stepped up. The north corner
of the east side of the arch still retains a cast-iron rubbing
strip to protect the masonry from erosion by tow-ropes.
HISTORY: built to carry the towpath from the western to the
eastern bank of the canal so as to avoid the coal wharves
approx 100m to the east. Now the only unaltered roving bridge
over the main Preston-Tewitfield section of the Lancaster
Canal.
Listing NGR: SD4750661044
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