Description

In the entry for WRENBURY CUM FRITH SHROPSHIRE UNION SJ 54 NE CANAL Wrenbury Church Bridge 2/88 II The grade shall be amended to read Grade II*

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WRENBURY CUM FRITH C.P. SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL SJ 54 NE 2/88 Wrenbury Church Bridge II Farm bridge. c.1790. By Thomas Telford. Timber. Single span. A wooden platform formed of planks laid between timber beams spans the river at the level of the bank. This is hinged at its northern edge and raised and lowered by a counterbalancing beam weight which is supported by two posts of square section on the northern bank, which carry two horizontal beams which have chains to their southern ends connecting with the platform of the bridge and a weight to their northern end. Iron tension rods run from the vertical beams to the ends of the horizontal beams. There are 3 such bridges in the parish.

Listing NGR: SJ5943248070

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