Sowerby Long Bridge, Sowerby Bridge
Description: Sowerby Long Bridge
Grade: II
Date Listed: 19 July 1988
English Heritage Building ID: 339305
OS Grid Reference: SE0535623991
OS Grid Coordinates: 405356, 423991
Latitude/Longitude: 53.7123, -1.9203
Location: Hollins Mill Lane, Halifax, Calderdale HX6 2RQ
Locality: Sowerby Bridge
Local Authority: Calderdale
County: West Yorkshire
Country: England
Postcode: HX6 2RQ
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Listing Text
SOWERBY BRIDGE ROCHDALE CANAL
SE 0423 and SE 0523
12/177 Sowerby Long Bridge
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- II
Canal bridge. c1798, partly rebuilt C20. For the Rochdale Canal Company. Coursed
squared stone. Built abutting the rock face. Quoined horseshoe arch with tie-
stones; band truncated at north-east angle; parapet with ashlar coping. Pilaster
buttress at south-west angle rises into ashlar pier with pyramidal capstone. The
north-east corner has been rebuilt from just below band level upwards. The long
tunnel has tow path on south side with large kerb stones. The Rochdale Canal was
opened up between Sowerby Bridge and Rochdale in 1798. The line was originally
surveyed by James Brindley in 1776, resurveyed by John Rennie in 1791 and
construction was finally supervised by William Jessop (engineer) and William Crossley
(resident engineer). K Parry, Trans-Pennine Heritage, Hills, People and Transport
(1981, p 64.
Sowerby Bridge Chamber of Trade and Commerce Official Tourist Guide, pp 22-23.
Listing NGR: SE0535623991
Source: English Heritage
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