Sowerby Long Bridge

SOWERBY BRIDGE ROCHDALE CANAL SE 0423 and SE 0523 12/177 Sowerby Long Bridge - - II Canal bridge. c1798, partly rebuilt C20. For the Rochdale Canal Company. Coursed squared stone. Built abutting the rock face. Quoined horseshoe arch with tie- stones; band truncated at north-east angle; parapet with ashlar coping. Pilaster buttress at south-west angle rises into ashlar pier with pyramidal capstone. The north-east corner has been rebuilt from just below band level upwards. The long tunnel has tow path on south side with large kerb stones. The Rochdale Canal was opened up between Sowerby Bridge and Rochdale in 1798. The line was originally surveyed by James Brindley in 1776, resurveyed by John Rennie in 1791 and construction was finally supervised by William Jessop (engineer) and William Crossley (resident engineer). K Parry, Trans-Pennine Heritage, Hills, People and Transport (1981, p 64. Sowerby Bridge Chamber of Trade and Commerce Official Tourist Guide, pp 22-23.

Listing NGR: SE0535623991