Heartland Posted July 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2023 For No 1000 post where is this ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Lowe Posted July 25, 2023 Report Share Posted July 25, 2023 Thats an odd one looks like a tunnel on top of a tunnel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted July 25, 2023 Report Share Posted July 25, 2023 The culvert to the left is interesting. Is this somewhere near Braunston? Railways and canals and rivers always interesting. ETA I see google lens finds it. Its a lovely bit of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted July 25, 2023 Report Share Posted July 25, 2023 3 hours ago, Heartland said: For No 1000 post where is this ? Is it the Shropshire Union Canal crossing the River Gowy...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted July 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2023 Yes somebody knows the Shropshire Union Canal, it is the three-level aqueduct, road, and river bridges over the Gowy in Cheshire. The name I have is Brookholes Aqueduct, but guides refer to it as Mill Farm, so it would be of interest to know the reasons for the name I have been given. The aqueduct carried the Chester Canal over the road, spanned the river. A rare combination of infrastructure features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Lowe Posted July 26, 2023 Report Share Posted July 26, 2023 The spot is called Brook Hole on OS maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted July 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2023 Some guides refer to it as the Shropshire Union River Gowy aqueduct. It is a structure that probably deserves a Historic England listing, but at present I cannot find one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted July 26, 2023 Report Share Posted July 26, 2023 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shropshire_Union_Canal_crossing_River_Gowy_-_geograph.org.uk_-_250957.jpg That was what Google Lens found for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Lowe Posted July 26, 2023 Report Share Posted July 26, 2023 CRT rather blandly just call it aqueduct bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted July 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2023 The Gowy flows into the Mersey and passes in a syphon under the Manchester Ship Canal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted July 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2023 This was a basin and wharf, up norf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted July 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 Well it is near a market town of the same name and that town was the world's first ever fair trade town! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 According to Google Garstang was the first fair trade town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pluto Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 On 24/07/2023 at 08:53, Pluto said: There were other shops for boating families on the L&LC. In the first photo of Roland on drydock at Burscough, I was told that the terraced house on the left had bread ovens in the cellar, and they used to sell to passing boaters. The second photo shows a house with 'Grocers' over the front door, but where is it? This was the lock house at the bottom of Johnsons Hillock Locks. It was probably built circa 1880 when the L&LC was developing its carrying trade, with at least one lock keeper being on duty at any time day or night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted July 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 (edited) Well done Mike, Yes the image is said to be the basin and warehouse of Lancaster Canal at Garstang Edited July 28, 2023 by Heartland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pluto Posted July 29, 2023 Report Share Posted July 29, 2023 The 1880c canal survey by the L&NWR showing Garstang, based on the 1800c canal survey, which I don't think has survived. There is a direct copy for the southern section, dated 1864 when the L&LC took over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted August 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 Something more for the "little grey cells" Again not on the BCN but on a canal that closed early 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted August 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 Same canal, same town but another view- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted August 3, 2023 Report Share Posted August 3, 2023 I’ll make a guess to keep it going, Hollinwood Branch Canal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted August 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2023 Er no, But I am surprised that those who have published modern developments of this waterway have not made any comments. Especially as to regards the second photo which is quite unusual, but then maybe the quality is an issue. Associated with this town was an engineer who died of nephritis, and is still regarded as a remarkable engineer responsible for transport works in the1830s 1840s & 1850s. Some call him a genius, others regard him as a lone spirit. His father was also a talented engineer who contributed to another canal improvement scheme that started in 1829. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted August 3, 2023 Report Share Posted August 3, 2023 29 minutes ago, Heartland said: Er no I’d have been surprised if it were. Just like bumping the thread 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted August 3, 2023 Report Share Posted August 3, 2023 I think that canal is now associated with these characters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted August 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2023 (edited) Well I cannot say BOING as nobody has got it yet This is an engraving of the station for this town. This town became also a canal junction point in 1819. Steve Courtry said it was his local canal also! Edited August 3, 2023 by Heartland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanM Posted August 3, 2023 Report Share Posted August 3, 2023 (edited) North Wilts or the Wilts & Berks at Swindon? Edited August 3, 2023 by IanM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted August 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2023 Oh Yes, Very Good you get the Magic Roundabout Prize. The first image is the York Road Bridge c 1912, the other is the Golden Lion Lift Bridge- map location (1883)- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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