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Barton Swing Aqueduct

Barton Swing Aqueduct

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T1220. The Barton Swing Aqueduct was created to carry the Bridgewater Canal over the Manchester Ship Canal. This amazing feat of engineering could swing both water and boat to one side to allow large vessels to pass beneath. It replaced the equally well known stone aqueduct, created by Brindley in the eighteenth century. Here we can see the Swing Aqueduct in motion in its early days.
Publisher
ContributorMrs Elsie Mullineux
Creatorcorporatename - Manchester Ship Canal Company
Datecreation - Circa 1893
TypePhotographic prints - Contact sheets
Formatdimension.H - 109mm
dimension.W - 78mm
Identifier886
SourceSalford City Archive / The Frank Mullineux Collection
LanguageEN
Relationderived from - Manchester Ship Canal Company Glass Plates
CoverageLocation.Creation Site - Barton Swing Aqueduct (O.S.Ref: 376730, 397640)
RightsManchester Ship Canal Company
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