Description

HADZOR CP WORCESTER & BIRMINGHAM CANAL
SO 96 SW
SO 91845181
3/51 (14/79)
Hammonds Bridge No 32
26.8.75
- II

Canal accommodation bridge. Early C19. Red brick with dressed sandstone
and blue brick parapet coping, partly repaired with concrete. Elliptical
arch and cambered sides; parapet has a 2-course band at its base, is splayed
at each end and is terminated by square piers. The Worcester and Birmingham
Canal was built for the Earl of Dudley between 1791 and 1815 to link the
Birmingham Canal Naviagations with the River Severn. Its primary purpose
was a means of supplying coal form the Black Country to the south-west
Midlands. The towpath runs beneath the east side of the bridge.

Listing NGR: SO9184861794

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26356446

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6