Bridge Number 52 (Greaves Bridge)

Bridge Number 52, also known as Greaves Bridge, is an accommodation bridge built between 1797 and 1801, with minor later alterations. It is part of the Llangollen Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal, designed by William Jessop and Thomas Telford. 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 and a string course. On the north side, there is a late 20th-century oval-shaped plate numbered "52." 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.