Leeds And Liverpool Canal Ewood Aqueduct

The Ewood Aqueduct is a canal aqueduct that spans a public road, likely built in the early 19th century. It is constructed from coursed rock-faced sandstone. The structure features a straight tunnel with concave abutments that create semi-circular approaches on both sides. The facades are battered and concave, each adorned with a semi-circular arch that includes a keystone and radiating masonry up to a band. There are rectangular pilasters, a plain band, a plain frieze, and a moulded cornice, topped with a parapet that has flat coping. The ramped concave abutments are made of similar masonry for about one third of their length, concluding with simple pilasters before transitioning to smaller coursed squared masonry, also finished with flat copings. The aqueduct is part of a group with Hollin Bridge to the east and is located at the west end of a linear group of canal structures centered on Nova Scotia Wharf, Lock No. 52, which forms the eastern end of this group.