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Chirk Aqueduct

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Chirk Aqueduct

Chirk Aqueduct

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    1. Rock and Roll Trail – Chirk Aqueduct loop from Chirk

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    June 9, 2023

    two bridges and a tunnel

      June 29, 2024

      Chirk Aqueduct is a 70-foot high and 710-foot long navigable aqueduct that carries what is now the Llangollen Canal across the Ceiriog Valley near Chirk, on the England-Wales border, spanning the two countries

        June 29, 2024

        The aqueduct was designed by civil engineer Thomas Telford for the Ellesmere Canal. The resident engineer was M. Davidson who also acted as resident engineer on a number of Telford's other works. The foundation stone was laid on 17 June 1796 and it was completed in 1801. It has a cast iron trough within which the water is contained. The masonry walls hide the cast iron interior. The aqueduct followed Telford's innovative Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct on the Shrewsbury Canal, and was a forerunner of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, also on the Llangollen Canal. The aqueduct was briefly the tallest navigable one ever built, and it now is Grade II* listed in both England and Wales. It forms part of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct World Heritage Site.

        Cycling is not permitted over the aqueduct. It's safe just to walk with your bike.

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          Location: Weston Rhyn, West Midlands Region, England, United Kingdom

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