Description

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26658046

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