2021

SP3584 : Coventry Canal bridge 10A

taken 3 years ago, near to Hawkesbury, Warwickshire, England

Coventry Canal bridge 10A
Coventry Canal bridge 10A
Otherwise known as the Longford Viaduct carrying the M6 over the Bedworth Road, the Coventry – Nuneaton railway and the canal.
Coventry Canal

The Coventry Canal enabling Act was passed in 1768 to connect Coventry with the Trent and Mersey Canal. Coventry to Bedworth was completed in 1769 for the revenue earning coal traffic but by 1771 when the canal reached Atherstone all authorised capital had been spent and James Brindley the first engineer was sacked. The canal didn't reach Fazeley, 12 miles short of its intended terminus, until 1790. The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal continued along the proposed line of the Coventry Canal to Whittington brook. The Trent and Mersey Canal (Grand Trunk Canal Co.) completed the section to Fradley and later sold it to the Coventry Canal which explains the disjointed section. It was one of the most profitable canals ever built in Britain paying dividends up to 1947. Coventry basin to Fradley junction is 38 miles with 13 locks.


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SP3584, 121 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Alan Murray-Rust   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 23 September, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 4 October, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 3540 8442 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:27.3954N 1:28.8282W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 3541 8440
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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