Description

WHIXALL C.P. SHROPSHIRE UNION
SJ 53 NW CANAL

2/203 Bridge No. 43
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- II
Canal bridge. Circa 1800 on William Jessop's and Thomas Telford's
Ellesmere Canal. Red brick with some engineering brick patching;
coped stone parapet. Single elliptical arch with keybricks, string
course, parapet and corner piers. Retains cast-iron plate above
arch on north side with bridge number "43" in raised lettering.
The section of the former Ellesmere Canal between Welsh Frankton
and Tilstock Park on which Bridge No. 43 is situated, was built between
1797 and 1804. The Ellesmere Canal Company amalgamated with the
Chester Canal Company in 1813 and became part of the Shropshire Union
in 1846. Charles Hadfield, Canals of the West Midlands (3rd edn.
1985) pp.177, 331.

Listing NGR: SJ5109336467

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26530462

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