Cropwell Town Bridge on the Grantham Canal
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Cropwell Town Bridge on the Grantham Canal
Image: © Graham Hogg Taken: 11 Oct 2016
Bridge #21 on the canal which runs for 33 miles between Grantham and the River Trent at West Bridgford. The canal, which opened in 1797 and was abandoned in 1936, is now mostly derelict. Many of the original road bridges have been demolished and replaced with flat crossings such as this. Since the 1970s, the Grantham Canal Society have been working towards restoring the canal, and two stretches are now navigable. Full restoration, however, is unlikely as it would require the rebuilding of several of these road bridges.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.913106
Longitude
-0.99306