Steward Aqueduct (Approximately 400 Metres West Of Spon Lane South) Birmingham Canal Wolverhampton Level is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. A C19 Aqueduct.

Steward Aqueduct (Approximately 400 Metres West Of Spon Lane South) Birmingham Canal Wolverhampton Level

WRENN ID: muted-lime-sedge
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Sandwell
Country: England
Date first listed: 30 March 1987
Type: Aqueduct
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SANDWELL MB BIRMINGHAM CANAL SP 08 NW Wolverhampton Level, Smethwick 9/38 Steward Aqueduct (approx 30.3.87 400m west of Spon Lane South)

GV II

Aqueduct. Built in 1828 by Thomas Telford to carry the Old Main Line (Wolverhampton Level), opened in 1769 and re-aligned in 1790, over his New Main Line, on the Birmingham Level. Brick in English bond with sand- stone dressings. Two elliptical skew arches with chamfered voussoirs. Moulded string course dies into rusticated quoins of abutments. Ashlar capping course carries cast-iron railings with intersecting arched heads. Buttresses added to central cutwaters at uncertain date.

Listing NGR: SP0027589777

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