Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct
| Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct | |
| Shropshire | |
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| Location | |
| Carrying: | Shrewsbury Canal (now disused) |
| Crossing: | River Tern |
| Location | |
| Location: | 52°44’13"N, 2°34’4"W |
| Structure | |
| Length: | 186 ft |
| No. of spans: | 4 |
| Material: | Cast iron |
| History | |
| Architect: | Thomas Telford |
| Information | |
The Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct, near Longdon-on-Tern in Shropshire, was one of the first two canal aqueducts to be built from cast iron.
History
The cast-iron canal aqueduct was designed by Thomas Telford and built in 1796 to carry the Shrewsbury Canal across the River Tern near Longdon-on-Tern in Shropshire.[1] The 186-ft aqueduct was opened one month after Benjamin Outram's 44-ft cast-iron Holmes Aqueduct on the Derby Canal, the world's first cast iron canal aqueduct.[2][1] Since the closure of the Shrewsbury Canal in 1944, the aqueduct has been disused.[1] The aqueduct is a Grade-I listed building and has been on the register since 30 March 1971.[2]
Description
The canal was carried in a cast iron trough 9 ft wide, 3 ft deep and 186 ft long and divided in four spans, each of 47 ft 8 in.[1]
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sivewright, W.J., ed (1986). Civil Engineering Heritage: Wales & Western England. For the Institution of Civil Engineers by Thomas Telford. pp. 179-180. ISBN 072770236X.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Shrewsbury Canal, Longdon Aqueduct (Aqueduct on the Shrewsbury Canal) Shrewsbury Canal, the Aqueduct of the Shrewsbury Canal". Historic England. https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1037006. Retrieved 19 November 2017.