Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 55 (Goldstone Bridge)

Goldstone Bridge, also known as Bridge Number 55, is a canal bridge built around 1830, designed by engineers Thomas Telford and Alexander Easton. It is constructed from dressed red sandstone with tooled ashlar dressings. The bridge features an elliptical arch made up of voussoirs and three flush keystones. It has a flat string course and a parapet with square end piers and rounded copings. The abutments are slightly battered and curved. On the towpath side, there are cast-iron corner posts with grooves created by rope haulage, along with an oval cast-iron number plate. This section of the canal was originally part of the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, established by an act passed in 1826 and completed in 1835. It was later absorbed by the Ellesmere and Chester Canal in 1845 and became part of the Shropshire Union Canal in 1846.