Stretton Aqueduct
| Stretton Aqueduct | |
| Staffordshire | |
|---|---|
 Stretton Aqueduct | |
| Location | |
| Carrying: | Shropshire Union Canal |
| Crossing: | Watling Street |
| Location | |
| Location: | 52°41’39"N, 2°11’22"W |
| Structure | |
| History | |
| Built 1832-1835 | |
| Information | |
Stretton Aqueduct is a short cast iron[1][2] canal aqueduct between Stretton and Brewood, and near to Belvide Reservoir, in southern Staffordshire. Designed by Thomas Telford[2] and bearing his name plus its date of construction, 1832,[2][3] it carries the Shropshire Union Canal (formerly the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal) 30 ft over the A5 road[1] at a skewed angle.[2]
The aqueduct has five sections, each 6 ft 6 in long, held together by bolts and supported by six cast iron arch ribs, each in two sections and joined at the centre of the arch.[2] It was cast by William Hazledine of Shrewsbury.[2] The trough is 21 ft wide with an 11-ft-wide channel of water and a towpath on either side.[2] The Staffordshire blue brick abutments have stone dressings.[3]
During 1961–62, the road under the aqueduct was lowered by about 4 ft to allow taller vehicles to pass underneath.[2]
It was one of Telford's last aqueducts[4] and has been Grade-II listed since 1985.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Four counties & the Welsh canals. (New ed.). London :: Nicholson,. 2006. pp. 184 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 21 cm.. ISBN 978-0-00-721112-8.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Cragg, Roger (1997). Wales and west central England. Civil Engineering Heritage (2 ed.). Institution of Civil Engineers. pp. 207–8. ISBN 0-7277-2576-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=oTZZsUzmKrMC&pg=PA207&lpg=PA207&dq=%22Stretton+Aqueduct%22&source=bl&ots=IUYIjmjsZb&sig=pO74gDebaBapbvLr0eLZtloOYaE&hl=en&ei=0hJ-SpXzMp7UjAfir93wAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4#v=onepage&q=%22Stretton%20Aqueduct%22&f=false. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 National Heritage List 1039347: Stretton Aqueduct - Grade II Listed
- ↑ "Focus on Aqueducts". Images of England: News. English Heritage. 2009-08-09. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/News/newsitem.aspx?pid=6&Item=art10. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
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