Bridge Over Branches Of Bridgewater Canal At The Delph

WORSLEY WORSLEY ROAD SD 70 SW 1/73 Bridge over branches of Bridgewater Canal at - The Delph G.V. II

Bridge. Originally c.1760 but successively rebuilt, repaired and enlarged in C19 and C20. Dressed stone, brick, ashlar and iron railings. To west of No. 3 Worsley Road are 2 arches: the first is a small semi-circular brick arch designed to accommodate M boats from the mine before trans- shipment, the second a large blind segmental brick arch with stone band, constructed when the road was widened and raised in level. 2 similar arches, one blind and one open, occur-to the east of No. 3. Above the arches is built up in brick, stone or in some places rock and the parapet is either brick with a round-topped stone coping or iron railings spanning between shaped ashlar posts with caps.

Listing NGR: SD7482800494