Macclesfield Canal Pool Lock Aqueduct And Footbridge is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1988. Aqueduct, footbridge.

Macclesfield Canal Pool Lock Aqueduct And Footbridge

WRENN ID
high-entrance-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Country
England
Date first listed
22 April 1988
Type
Aqueduct, footbridge
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SJ 85 SW 5/58

KIDSGROVE C.P. MACCLESFIELD CANAL

Pool Lock Aqueduct and footbridge-

II

Aqueduct and footbridge. Dated 1828. Red brick (English bond) with stone parapet string and stone coped parapet. Low segmental arch spanning the Trent and Mersey Canal with rusticated ashlar surround. The abutments sweep forward and are terminated by wide pilaster buttresses with squat pyramidal caps. Over the arch is a stone panel bearing the inscription "POOL LOCK / AQUEDUCT / MDCCCXXVIII". On top of the aqueduct, spanning the Macclesfield Canal is a footbridge: red and blue brick abutments and cast iron bridge and balustrade. The Macclesfield Canal was opened in 1831: the engineer was William Crosley. Charles Hadfield,The Canals of the West Midlands 3rd edition (1985).

Listing NGR: SJ 83001 54914

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