Canal bridges near Kidsgrove in Staffordshire
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Canal bridges near Kidsgrove in Staffordshire
Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 9 Sep 2014
Looking north as the canal passes through Kidsgrove. Harecastle Bridge is No 131 across the Trent and Mersey Canal, and is a turnover bridge allowing horses to cross sides without being unhitched from their boats. Close by is the railway bridge carrying lines between Stoke-on-Trent and Manchester (or Crewe). The 1827 tunnel north portal is about eighty metres away behind the camera. The rusty colour of the water is mainly caused by iron ore leaching into the water in the nearby original 1777 Harecastle Tunnel, and drifting northwards. Here is a great image of a train crossing that railway bridge: Image] I don't know whether Holtham married Sadie. ;-) Image]
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Image Location
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53.085487
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-2.243914