Calder And Hebble Navigation Armitage Bridge Huddersfield Narrow Canal Armitage Bridge

CALDER AND HEBBLE NAVIGATION 1. 5113 HUDDERSFIELD NARROW CANAL Armitage Bridge (Milnsbridge) SE 1215 38/313 II 2. 1793-8. Hammer-dressed stone. Depressed arch. Widened in 1861 by the addition of a flat iron span on the east side: iron parapet, panelled, with diamond pattern and "1861" in relief. The bridge is one of the unreconstructed survivors from the earliest phase of the canal's construction, when, as an economy measure, some bridges were built too narrow to accommodate the towpath. Instead there are steps in the canal bank on the east side, and a ramp up to the road.

Listing NGR: SE1204515824