2013

SP9123 : Grand Union Canal: Tiddenfoot Lake bridge & site of old swing bridge

taken 11 years ago, near to Linslade, Central Bedfordshire, England

Grand Union Canal: Tiddenfoot Lake bridge & site of old swing bridge
Grand Union Canal: Tiddenfoot Lake bridge & site of old swing bridge
The green footbridge is of modern construction and was formally opened for use in July 2009. It links the Tiddenfoot Lake Waterside Park out of sight on the left of the canal with the towpath on the right of the canal.

In the foreground the narrowing of the canal indicates the location of a former swing bridge that once enabled farmers to access a small area of fields between the canal and the River Ouzel on the right. The bridge is still shown on post-war Ordnance Survey maps, but lost its function when the agricultural land to the left of the canal was dug up as a sand quarry. Once it was worked out this quarry was flooded to create Tiddenfoot Lake.

The photographer has to confess to not knowing what number the old or new bridges were or are in the Grand Union Canal scheme... Bridge Number 115A is to the north and Bridge Number 115B is to the south of this reach...

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Geographical Context: Canals other tags: Grand Union Canal Canal Bridge Canal Bridge (Site Of) Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Tiddenfoot Waterside Park [13] · River Ouzel [7] · Tiddenfoot Lake [7] · Bridge Number 115B [2] ·
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SP9123, 138 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Nigel Cox   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 2 September, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 13 October, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 9168 2379 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:54.3070N 0:40.1265W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 9167 2376
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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