2014

SK4939 : Bridge over Nottingham Canal east of Swancar Farm

taken 9 years ago, near to Trowell, Nottinghamshire, England

Bridge over Nottingham Canal east of Swancar Farm
Bridge over Nottingham Canal east of Swancar Farm
This bridge appears to have been built to provide access between fields on either side of the canal. However, with the canal long disused, the bridge has been superseded by a path that has been built across/through the canal on the level just to the east; presumably, being almost level, it is easier for machinery and animals to cross. The canal is still in water here, though much overgrown; not far from this point, I saw a man cross it in waders.
Nottingham Canal

The Nottingham Canal was 14.7 miles long from Langley Mill to the River Trent in Nottingham. William Jessop was appointed in 1791 to survey the Canal but most of the work was done by James Green. The canal was put before Parliament in 1792 and Benjamin Outram made engineer under Jessop who had to give up the post as Chief Engineer before completion due to illness. The canal opened in 1796 after many difficulties at a cost of £43,500, twice the estimate. From the 1840s after the arrival of the railways the canal declined and was abandoned altogether in 1936 by the then owners Great Northern Railway Co. The section between the Trent and Lenton was passed to Trent Navigation Company at this time. Most of the canal was built over from 1955 but the section from Derby Road to Lenton Chain was re-used as a new course for the River Leen and so is still in water and remains in use as part of the Beeston and Nottingham Canal that allows boats to navigate past the shallow water on the Trent at Clifton Bridge and the weir at Beeston.


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Geographical Context: Paths Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening Derelict, Disused Canals Primary Subject: Bridge
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Disused Nottingham Canal [13] · Swancar Farm [9] · Water [6] ·
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SK4939, 79 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Richard Vince   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 13 December, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 28 December, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 4975 3927 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:56.9109N 1:15.6617W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 4974 3925
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North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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