Canal Aqueduct is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1993. Aqueduct.

Canal Aqueduct

WRENN ID: former-hammer-nettle
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: West Lancashire
Country: England
Date first listed: 1 March 1993
Type: Aqueduct
Source: Historic England listing

Description

NEWBURGH

SD4810 CULVERT LANE 663-1/6/115 Canal Aqueduct

GV II

Canal aqueduct carrying Leeds-Liverpool Canal over culverted public road. c.1771-4. Resident engineer James Brindley, succeeded c.1771-2 by John Longbotham. For Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company. Large squared sandstone blocks with some coursed sandstone rubble. A low semi-circular arched culvert with plain voussoirs to the portal at each end, a plain band over the arch, a plain cornice and parapet of coursed rubble. Part of one of the earliest and most ambitious trunk canals in the country. Forms group with Giant's Hall approx. 30m north (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SD4819610776

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