Description

SE 02 NW HEBDEN ROYD ROCHDALE CANAL
2/280 (south side)
- Upper Foot

Canal overflow ford
approx. 30 metres to
north-west of Canal
Bridge

GV II

Canal overflow ford. c1800. For the Rochdale Canal Company. Stone setts, wood
and brick. Timber balks edge canal from which water can overflow, passing over the
2-metre wide ford laid with stone setts, and down the hillside into the River Calder
below. Spanning the ford are the square brick piers from a later bridge, now gone,
but of which the round-topped ashlar parapet survives. The Rochdale Canal was
opened up in sections between 1798 and 1804. The line was originally surveyed by
James Brindley in 1776,resurveyed by John Rennie in 1791 and construction was
finally supervised by William Jessop (engineer) and William Crossley (resident
engineer). (Sowerby Bridge Chamber of Trade and Commerce Official Guide pp22-23).
Group value with Upper Foot Canal Bridge in Sowerby Bridge CP (q.v.)

Listing NGR: SE0326025514

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26524215

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