Description

HADZOR CP WORCESTER & BIRMINGHAM CANAL
SO 96 SW
SO 91956248
3/52 (14/8) Hadzor Bridge No 33
26.8.75
- II

Canal accommodation bridge. Early C19. Red brick with blue brick and dressed
sandstone 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 number 33 is inscribed on a square stone
set above the arch. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal was built for the Earl
of Dudley between 1791 and 1815 to link the Birmingham Canal Navigations with
the River Severn. Its primary purpose was as a means of supplying coal from
the Black Country to the south-west Midlands. The towpath runs beneath the
east side of the bridge.

Listing NGR: SO9194762365

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26633365

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