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Latitude: 53.4001 / 53°24'0"N
Longitude: -2.0589 / 2°3'32"W
OS Eastings: 396179
OS Northings: 389250
OS Grid: SJ961892
Mapcode National: GBR GY23.1W
Mapcode Global: WHB9Y.BSTT
Plus Code: 9C5VCW2R+2C
Entry Name: Marple Locks Number 8 and Adjoining Footbridge on Peak Forest Canal
Listing Date: 11 October 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1242292
English Heritage Legacy ID: 441677
ID on this website: 101242292
Location: Marple Bridge, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK6
County: Stockport
Electoral Ward/Division: Marple North
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Marple
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester
Church of England Parish: Low Marple St Martin
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Lock Architectural structure Footbridge
SJ 98 NE MARPLE PEAK FOREST
CANAL
7/136 Marple Locks
No. 8 and
adjoining
- footbridge
G.V. II
Lock and adjoining footbridge. 1803 to 1805. Benjamin Outram
and Thomas Brown engineers, financed by S. Oldknow and
R. Arkwright and built by James and Fox. Dressed stone and
ashlar. Single upper gate, double lower gate and footbridge
at lower end. 4m. pound-to-pound level to accommodate
steepness of slope. Lock walls in large coursed stone blocks
with rounded verge. The mouth is grooved for stop planks,
The gates have been overhauled and are fully functional. The
footbridge has a segmental shaped keystone arch, an ashlar
band and parapet walls with rounded copings which are
terminated by a battered square pier at one end with a small
abutting flight of steps, and sweeps down at the other end
to the level of the pound.
Listing NGR: SJ9617989250
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