2014

SK4645 : Frosty swing bridge over the Nottingham Canal

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

Frosty swing bridge over the Nottingham Canal
Frosty swing bridge over the Nottingham Canal
This swing bridge carries a public footpath across the derelict canal. The railings appear to be a fairly modern addition.
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 Derelict, Disused Canals Primary Subject: Bridge
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Bridge [22] · Public Footpath [13] · Swing Bridge [2] ·
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SK4645, 115 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Richard Vince   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 13 December, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 30 December, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 4622 4586 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:0.4839N 1:18.7572W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 4622 4585
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NORTH (about 0 degrees)
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