Leeds And Liverpool Canal, Lodge Bridge

Lodge Bridge is a canal swing bridge built in the late 18th century by engineers James Brindley and Richard Whitworth. It features large dressed stone blocks in its retaining wall, which rises and narrows on the north bank. On the south bank, there is a quadrant recess that allows the bridge to swing. A chain set in stone holds the bridge on the south side, and there is an oak post with a contemporary iron latch inside a low hammer-dressed stone wall, which rises to the middle where it has been broken through. The iron bridge, which has been much renewed, is cantilevered on the south bank. The Act for the Leeds and Liverpool Canal was passed in 1770.