Railway Bridge over St Helens (Sankey) Canal

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Railway Bridge over St Helens (Sankey) Canal

Image: © David Dixon Taken: 6 Jul 2019

The Sankey Viaduct in Sankey Valley Park crosses both the canal and Sankey Brook. Known as the "Seven Arches", although it consisted of seven arches and one iron-girder span over the canal itself, this 1873 viaduct carries the Liverpool to Manchester via Warrington railway. It is thought that the span across the canal may have originally had a lifting mechanism, to allow the masts of the sailing barges to pass through.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.396593
Longitude
-2.616996