Pipe bridge over the River Weaver
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Pipe bridge over the River Weaver
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 27 Sep 2015
The pipe is a water main, running 27km from Peckforton in Cheshire to Coopers Green reservoir in North Staffordshire. The single pipe above ground (and a similar one across the oxbow lake to the east) was seen as a serious risk to security of water supply, so in 2014/15 a £3.5 million tunnel was machine-bored to take the supply underground. But the concrete thrust blocks seen here were renewed as part of that project so presumably this pipe is still in use. [source: http://thenantwichnews.co.uk/2014/09/08/nantwich-lake-car-park-close-river-weaver-tunnel-project/ ]
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Image Location
Latitude
53.058596
Longitude
-2.525912