Canal Aqueduct

The Canal Aqueduct in Newburgh is a Grade II listed structure that dates from around 1771 to 1774. It carries the Leeds-Liverpool Canal over a culverted public road and was originally overseen by resident engineer James Brindley, who was succeeded by John Longbotham. Constructed for the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company, the aqueduct is made of large squared sandstone blocks, with some coursed sandstone rubble. It features a low semi-circular arched culvert with plain voussoirs at each end, a plain band above the arch, and a plain cornice and parapet made of coursed rubble. This aqueduct is part of one of the earliest and most ambitious trunk canals in the country and is located approximately 30 meters south of Giant's Hall, with which it forms a group.