Bridge Number 57 (Ellesmere Tunnel) is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1988. Canal tunnel.

Bridge Number 57 (Ellesmere Tunnel)

WRENN ID
swift-bastion-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Country
England
Date first listed
25 April 1988
Type
Canal tunnel
Source
Historic England listing

Description

ELLESMERE RURAL C.P. SJ 4034-4134 18/157

SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL (Llangollen Branch)

Bridge Number 57 (Ellesmere Tunnel)

II

Canal tunnel. Circa 1797 to 1801 with minor later alterations on William Jessop's and Thomas Telford's Ellesmere Canal. Red brick with stone-coped parapet (heightened in late C20 on west side) terminating in square corner piers with shallow pyramidal caps. Elliptical arch with rusticated stone voussoirs (plus projecting keystone to west side) and flat string course. Approximately 90 metres long with cast-iron handrail to towpath. This section of the Ellesmere Canal was completed circa 1801. The Ellesmere Canal Company amalgamated with the Chester Canal Company in 1813 and became part of the Shropshire Union in 1846.

This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 26 October 2016.

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