Description

SO 86 SE SALWARPE CP DROITWICH BARGE CANAL

4/220 Salwarpe Bridge

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GV II

Canal road bridge. cl77I by James Brindley. Red brick in English bond
with part-dressed splayed sandstone rubble parapet. High round-arched
bridge, about 18 yards long and with cambered abutments; beneath arch
there are 12 high level scaffold bearers with hardwood padstones still
retained on either side. A bridge number plate (7) is attached to the
north side of the bridge. The towpath passes beneath the bridge on the
east side and is edged with large blue bullnosed bricks. The Droitwich
barge canal is a broad gauge canal linking Droitwich with the River Severn.
James Brindley acted as the consultant engineer throughout its construction
and it was completed in 1771. It was built to provide a reliable transport
system for the salt industry and was worked by specially developed "wich"
barges.

Listing NGR: SO8749862007

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26633446

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)