Brinklow Arches to N of Brinklow
Brinklow Arches, a canal aqueduct which was built during the Imperial period. It is still in use and is situated 300m west of Hare Spinney.
1 Built at a cost of £12000, this magnificent structure consisted of 12 arches, each of 22′ span, built of square stone and bricks and was connected to a 600′ embankment at one end and a 400′ embankment at the other. As built, the 12 arches were used as follows – one was over a stream and 2 kept as passages. The keeper occupied one, the next was used as a stable, the next as a store room for hay and straw, the next as a forge, the remainder being intended for dwellings, though whether they were lived in is doubtful. The aquaduct was widened in the 1830’s by the building of an embankment along one side.
2 The arch crossing the stream is visible, as is the one to the south of this. The rest appears to have been hidden by further embanking to the west.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
Comments
The widening of the aqueduct converted it to an embankment. It seems likely that this was because the structure of the arches was not up to the task of supporting the load of the canal and needed supporting which was achieved by embankment widening being a by-product not a purpose.
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