Bridge number 61, Shropshire Union Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1985. Canal bridge.

Bridge number 61, Shropshire Union Canal

WRENN ID
pitched-pewter-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1985
Type
Canal bridge
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SJ 63 SE 11/162

LOGGERHEADS C.P Tyrley Shropshire Union Canal Bridge number 61

II

Canal bridge. 1829, date on keystone to south side. Thomas Telford and Alexander Easton, engineers. Coursed sandstone with ashlar dressings. Wide elliptical arch with voussoirs and keystone on south; coped parapet and flat string course. Cast iron posts on towpath side with grooves for holding ropes, formerly used on narrow boats. This stretch of canal formerly formed part of the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal (Act passed 1826, opened 1835), which was absorbed by the Ellesmere and Chester Canal in 1845 and eventually became part of the Shropshire Union in 1846.

Listing NGR: SJ6857933683

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