Posset Bridge (Number 18) On Peak Forest Canal

Posset Bridge, also known as Number 18 on the Peak Forest Canal, was built in 1804 by engineers Benjamin Outram and Thomas Brown. The bridge is constructed from rock-faced and dressed sandstone, featuring ashlar dressings. It has three openings: one for the canal, one for a now-blocked branch leading to the lime kilns, and a horse tunnel. Additionally, there is a boatman's passage that provides access from the pound level to the upper level. The two canal arches are skew, semi-circular, and include keystones, with a battered pier separating them. A stone band is largely obscured by a 20th-century footbridge. The parapets, some of which are missing, are made of ashlar blocks with rounded tops. The horse tunnel features a compressed horseshoe arch with a keystone, a stone band, and square piers on either side.