Description

ODDINGLEY CP WORCESTER AND BIRMINGHAM SO 95 NW SO 91685960 CANAL 6/199 (18/76) Lake Bridge No 29 26.8.75 - II

Canal accommodation bridge. Early C19 with later alterations. Red brick with parapet rendered on outer faces and sandstone and blue brick coping. Elliptical arch and cambered sides; parapet has a 2-course band at its base, is splayed at each end and is terminated by square piers. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal was built for the Earl of Dudley between 1791 and 1815 to link the Birmingham Canal Navigations with the River Severn. It was intended primarily as a means of supplying coal from the Black Country to the south-west Midlands. The towpath runs beneath the east side of the bridge.

Listing NGR: SO9165459608

External Links

• Wikidata Q26356346

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)