Basin Bridge №98 (Lancaster)

United Kingdom / England / Lancaster / Lancaster Canal Towpath

Roving bridge c1797 designed by John Rennie (engineer) for the Lancaster Canal Company. Coursed squared sandstone. Concave on plan, with slightly battered abutments. Built to carry the towpath from the western to the eastern bank of the canal so as to avoid the coal wharves approx 100m to the east. Now the only unaltered roving bridge over the main Preston-Tewitfield section of the Lancaster Canal. Grade II Listed: -Adapted from historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1194...

Photos:
1) www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2655918
2) www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2692636
3) www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4246625

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster_Canal

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Coordinates: 54°2'33"N 2°48'11"W

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