Railway bridge over the Erewash Canal, Sawley (1)
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Railway bridge over the Erewash Canal, Sawley (1)
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 1 Jan 2018
Built in 1840 for the Midland Counties (later Midland) Railway, an early example of a skew bridge, Listed Grade II. This arch, crossing a farm track, is more or less original. It was apparently built in stone rather than the Railway's more usual brick at the insistence of the Erewash Canal Company. See the listing description https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1417992 for very comprehensive information about the bridge, and http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5643529 for the canal span.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.883991
Longitude
-1.279066