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Bridge number 61, Shropshire Union Canal

A Grade II Listed Building in Loggerheads, Staffordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.8997 / 52°53'58"N

Longitude: -2.4685 / 2°28'6"W

OS Eastings: 368579

OS Northings: 333683

OS Grid: SJ685336

Mapcode National: GBR 7W.P6XD

Mapcode Global: WH9C4.1CSW

Plus Code: 9C4VVGXJ+VH

Entry Name: Bridge number 61, Shropshire Union Canal

Listing Date: 14 May 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1029863

English Heritage Legacy ID: 362644

ID on this website: 101029863

Location: Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, TF9

County: Staffordshire

District: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Civil Parish: Loggerheads

Built-Up Area: Market Drayton

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire

Church of England Parish: Market Drayton St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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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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