Bridge 77, Lambert's Lane change-over bridge
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Bridge 77, Lambert's Lane change-over bridge by Jonathan Kington as part of the Geograph project.
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Bridge 77, Lambert's Lane change-over bridge
Image: © Jonathan Kington Taken: 15 Dec 2010
Like bridge 76 (Image), this is another change-over bridge that allowed the horse pulling the narrowboat to change sides without releasing the tow rope. These two cross-over bridges are thought to have allowed through traffic by-pass the Image thus saving them a lot of time. This bridge, however, is slightly different from the other in that the horse path is separated from Lambert's Lane by a buttress. The Macclesfield Canal was one of the last narrow canals to be built and runs approximately 28 miles from Harding's Wood Junction on the Trent and Mersey Canal, along the edge of the western Pennine hills to Marple Junction on the Peak Forest Canal. It was surveyed by Thomas Telford with construction starting in 1826, with William Crosley doing the engineering. The canal opened in November 1831 having cost a total of £320,000.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.155308
Longitude
-2.203859