Description

This asset was previously listed twice also under List entry 1162870, in the Parish of Eccles. This entry was removed from the list on 6th May 2015.

Barton Bridge, Barton Aqueduct and Control Tower
(Formerly listed as Barton Bridge, Barton Aqueduct and Control Tower (that part in Davyhulme) and Barton Bridge, Barton Aqueduct and Control Tower (that part in Eccles))

In the entry for

URMSTON MANCHESTER ROAD CANAL
Barton Bridge Barton
2/31
Aqueduct and Control Tower
that part in Urmston

The address shall be URMSTON MANCHESTER ROAD CANAL
amended to read (Davyhulme)
Barton Bridge, Barton
Aqueduct and Control Tower
that part in Davyhulme

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In the entry for:

URMSTON (DAVYHULME) MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL
SJ 79 NE
(SJ 7697 NE)
2/31 Barton bridge, Barton
Aqueduct and Control
Tower (that part in
Davyhulme)

II
GV

the Grade shall be amended to read Grade II* (star).

This entry was also amended by the 1st amendment of the 28th list.

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URMSTON MANCHESTER SHIP
SJ 79 NE
(SJ 7697 NE) CANAL
2/31 Barton Bridge,
Barton Aqueduct
and Control Tower.
That part in Urmston
-
G.V. II
Swing road bridge, swing canal aqueduct and centrally placed
control tower. c.1894. Sir Leader Williams engineer. Wrought
iron; brick tower. Both the bridge and aqueduct revolve on a
central axis to allow the passage of ships. The aqueduct
takes the form of a boxed lattice girder with a cranked
upper member and the channel, which remains full of water
when turning, at the bottom. The road bridge has bow-string
lattice girders to either side of the roadway. Fabricated by
A. Handyside and Co. Ltd. Tall 2 x 2-bay, 4-storey central
tower with pyramid roof and external staircase. The aqueduct
was built to replace Brindley's famous aqueduct of c.1760
and is in itself a considerable feat of engineering.

Listing NGR: SJ7664297581

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q105194405

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
• 
  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)