This is one from the archives and I am entering it for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge Structure. Many of the bridges on this stretch of the Shropshire Union Canal are constructed way beyond the basic needs and this is a good example.
It was built around 1830 with the Engineer being Thomas Telford. According to Historic England it is described as being a Single stilted round arch flanked by pilasters; sweeping balustraded parapet on rounded corbels.
These bridges were effectively a sweetener to the local land owners from the canal company to allow the waterway to be constructed across their land, this one simply provides for the driveway to Chillington Hall, owned by the Giffard family since the 12th Century.
August 31, 2017 at 10:07 am
Great photo of a splendid bridge, Silver Fox, as I’m often stating on my own blog, folk certainly knew how to build in Georgian and Victorian times! 🙂
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August 31, 2017 at 10:44 am
Thanks 🙂 They did indeed economics were very different back then I guess
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August 31, 2017 at 11:04 am
That’s one way of putting it! Lol!! 🙂
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August 31, 2017 at 10:47 am
Beautiful. That water and the reflection.. 🙂
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August 31, 2017 at 11:49 am
Thanks 🙂
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September 1, 2017 at 6:00 am
A good example, Telford, Brunel and others left many great structures like this across the whole country.
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September 5, 2017 at 4:02 pm
Thanks for your comment. This isn’t the most striking or advanced engineering design as those two have done but compared with it’s modern equivalents it stands out
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September 1, 2017 at 3:58 pm
Beautiful capture. Love the reflections.
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September 5, 2017 at 9:59 am
Thanks 🙂
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