Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 79 is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1986. Canal bridge.

Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 79

WRENN ID: weathered-grate-equinox
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Shropshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 15 May 1986
Type: Canal bridge
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SJ 32 NW OSWESTRY RURAL C.P. SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL Maesbury Marsh 6/209 Bridge No. 79 -

GV II

Canal bridge. circa 1796. By William Jessop and Thomas Telford, engineers. Red brick with coped parapet. Segmental arch with string course and corner piers. This section of the Ellesmere Canal, opened in 1796 to link with the Montgomeryshire Canal at Carreghofa, became part of the Shropshire Union in 1846. Charles Hadfield, The Canals of the West Midlands (1966) pp. 169-70.

Listing NGR: SJ3136925008

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