Bridge Number 55 (Little Mill Bridge)

Bridge Number 55, also known as Little Mill Bridge, is a slightly hump-backed road bridge built between 1797 and 1801, with minor later alterations. It is part of William Jessop's and Thomas Telford's Ellesmere Canal. The bridge is constructed of red brick and features a stone-coped parapet that ends in square corner piers. It has an elliptical arch with projecting keybricks, a string course, and a cast-iron plate numbered "55" on the east side. This section of the Ellesmere Canal was completed around 1801. The Ellesmere Canal Company merged with the Chester Canal Company in 1813 and became part of the Shropshire Union in 1846.