Chirk Aqueduct
Chirk Aqueduct is a aqueduct on the Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Canal - Main Line) between Chirk Aqueduct (southern end) and Chirk Aqueduct (northern end)
It is 237 yards long.
Chirk Tunnel Visitor Moorings  | 3 furlongs | |
| Chirk Tunnel (northern entrance) | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Chirk Tunnel (southern entrance) | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Chirk Pool | 6¼ furlongs | |
| Chirk Aqueduct (northern end) | ||
| Chirk Aqueduct (southern end) | ||
The Bridge Inn (Chirk)  | a few yards | |
| Chirk Bank Visitor Moorings (west) | ¼ furlongs | |
| Monk Bridge No 21W | ¾ furlongs | |
| Chirk Bank Visitor Moorings (east) | 1½ furlongs | |
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Wikipedia has a page about Chirk Aqueduct
Chirk Aqueduct is a 70-foot (21 m) high and 710-foot (220 m) 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.
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[Chirk]
a section of Offa's Dyke and the Chirk Aqueduct, part of a larger World Heritage Site including Pontcysyllte aqueduct, on the Llangollen Canal, built in
[Pontcysyllte Aqueduct]
first stone of this aqueduct of Pontcysyllty [sic], to be laid on the 25th day of July MDCCXCV [1795]. When Richard Myddelton of Chirk, Esq, M.P. one of
[Chirk Tunnel]
Chirk Tunnel is a canal tunnel near Chirk, Wales. It lies on the Llangollen Canal, immediately northwards of the Chirk Aqueduct. It is 421 metres (460 yd)
[Navigable aqueduct]
which includes a tunnelled section, crosses a second valley on the Chirk Aqueduct (1796–1801). This navigable canal also supplies water to the former
[Llangollen Canal]
achieved by building two vast aqueducts, using iron troughs to contain the water. The Ceiriog was crossed at Chirk, and Chirk Aqueduct opened in 1801, to exploit
[Slateford Aqueduct]
Telford's Chirk Aqueduct. Different parts of the canal were tendered to contractors at different times, and the masonry for the Slateford Aqueduct was advertised
[Cast iron]
Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct, a canal trough aqueduct at Longdon-on-Tern on the Shrewsbury Canal. It was followed by the Chirk Aqueduct and the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, both
[River Ceiriog]
Valley in Wrexham County Borough. It flows below Chirk Castle and the town of Chirk, where the Chirk Aqueduct carries the Llangollen Canal over the river.
[List of canal aqueducts in the United Kingdom]
This list of canal aqueducts in the United Kingdom covers aqueducts that have articles in Wikipedia. The actual number of canal aqueducts is much greater
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Chirk Aqueduct - WikipediaChirk Aqueduct is a 70-foot (21 m) high and 710-foot (220 m) long navigable aqueduct that carries what is now the Llangollen Canal across the Ceiriog Valley  ...
Completed in 1801 by William Jessop and Thomas Telford, the aqueduct is 710 foot (220 m) long and carries the canal 70 feet above the beautiful River Ceiriog ...
Jun 24, 2019 ... Chirk aqueduct is the Chirk / Llangollen branch of the Shropshire Union Canal. It is one of the most spectacular and scenic canals in Wales and ...
Cross the English/Welsh border via Chirk Aqueduct, which carries the Llangollen branch of the Shropshire Union canal 70 feet above the beautiful Ceiriog ...
The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct further up the canal gets all the attention but the Chirk Aqueduct, railway viaduct and the canal tunnel provide something different.
Chirk Aqueduct, completed in 1801, has ten masonry arches, 68 feet above the river Ceiriog. The top part of the piers and the arches are hollow, then an ...
Chirk Aqueduct. John Sell Cotman, c.1806-07. Collection: Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Documentation: Sydney Kitson notes the significance of Cotman's ...
The walk along the towpath to Chirk should take a bit over an hour there and the same back plus extra time for getting down from the aqueduct into the river valley  ...
Jun 9, 2009 ... The longer Pontcysyllte aqueduct, which he later built nearby, gets more attention , but the Chirk aqueduct's 10 elegant arches that carry boats ...
Jan 22, 2018 ... Chirk Aqueduct carries the Llangollen Canal across the Ceiriog Valley and the English-Welsh border.