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Latitude: 53.2731 / 53°16'23"N
Longitude: -2.5587 / 2°33'31"W
OS Eastings: 362837
OS Northings: 375270
OS Grid: SJ628752
Mapcode National: GBR BZKL.VD
Mapcode Global: WH994.NZRN
Plus Code: 9C5V7CFR+6G
Entry Name: Trent and Mersey Canal Eastern Entrance to the Saltersford Tunnel
Listing Date: 18 July 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1216526
English Heritage Legacy ID: 401950
ID on this website: 101216526
Location: Barnton, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CW8
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Civil Parish: Barnton
Built-Up Area: Northwich
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Barnton Christ Church
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Tunnel Tunnel portal
BARNTON C.P. TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL
SJ 67 NW
2/14 Eastern entrance to the
Saltersford Tunnel
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- II
Canal tunnel entrance arch: 1777 by James Brindley for the Trent and
Mersey Canal Co. and restored and re-opened in 1984. English bond
blue brick with red sandstone dressings. Curving facade has a
parabolic stone arch at its centre, a plain band at ground level and
an original worn plaque above, with the tunnel name in seriffed
script. Plain parapet with rounded coping. The bridge ends in stone
pilasters and has a revetment wall on each side angling down. On the
right side of the arch is a steel plaque recording the reopening of
the tunnel, by Sir Frank Price in 1984.
Listing NGR: SJ6283775270
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