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Latitude: 52.8868 / 52°53'12"N
Longitude: -2.4578 / 2°27'28"W
OS Eastings: 369290
OS Northings: 332248
OS Grid: SJ692322
Mapcode National: GBR 7W.Q3JC
Mapcode Global: WH9C4.6PVR
Plus Code: 9C4VVGPR+PV
Entry Name: Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 59
Listing Date: 14 May 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1377594
English Heritage Legacy ID: 362641
ID on this website: 101377594
Location: Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, TF9
County: Staffordshire
District: Newcastle-under-Lyme
Civil Parish: Loggerheads
Traditional County: Staffordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire
Church of England Parish: Market Drayton St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
Tagged with: Bridge Architectural structure
SJ 63 SE LOGGERHEADS C.P SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL
Tyrley
11/159 Bridge No.59
II
Canal bridge. C.1830. Thomas Telford and Alexander Easton, engineers.
Coursed sandstone with ashlar dressings. Wide elliptical arch with
voussoirs; coped parapet and flat string course. Cast iron posts on
towpath side with grooves for holding ropes, formerly used on narrow
boats. This stretch of canal formerly formed part of the Birmingham
and Liverpool Junction Canal (Act passed 1826, opened 1835), which was
absorbed by the Ellesmere and Chester Canal in 1845 and eventually
became part of the Shropshire Union in 1846. V.C.H. II (1967), p.295;
Charles Hadfield, The Canals of the West Midlands, (1966), Pp.183-9.
Listing NGR: SJ6929032247
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