Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 43

WHIXALL C.P. SHROPSHIRE UNION SJ 53 NW CANAL 2/203 Bridge No. 43 - - II Canal bridge. Circa 1800 on William Jessop's and Thomas Telford's Ellesmere Canal. Red brick with some engineering brick patching; coped stone parapet. Single elliptical arch with keybricks, string course, parapet and corner piers. Retains cast-iron plate above arch on north side with bridge number "43" in raised lettering. The section of the former Ellesmere Canal between Welsh Frankton and Tilstock Park on which Bridge No. 43 is situated, was built between 1797 and 1804. The Ellesmere Canal Company amalgamated with the Chester Canal Company in 1813 and became part of the Shropshire Union in 1846. Charles Hadfield, Canals of the West Midlands (3rd edn. 1985) pp.177, 331.

Listing NGR: SJ5109336467