Description

STONE

SJ8934 TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL, Stone
651-1/5/67 Newcastle Road Bridge and Lock

GV II

Canal bridge, lock and towpath tunnel. 1771-2. By James
Brindley, engineer. Brick with ashlar dressings. Bridge has
elliptical arch and round-arched tunnel to west for horses,
ashlar tunnel arch to north has oblique timber roller bar with
iron strips to left side for rope. Stone-coped parapets, that
to north rebuilt. C19 widening to south. Narrow lock with
footbridge to lower end; double lower gates and single upper
gate, all timber. A good unaltered example of a rare type, one
of a series of items on the Trent and Mersey Canal in Stone.
The canal was important for the industrial development of the
town.
(Lindsay J: The Trent and Mersey Canal: 1979-: 41-44).

Listing NGR: SJ8982434126

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585075

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