Quarry Bridge No 8
Quarry Bridge No 8 carries the road from London to Sandwell over the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Newport Branch - Main Line) just past the junction with The River Foss.
The Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Newport Branch - Main Line) was built by Benjamin Outram and opened on 17 September 1816. From a junction with The Dartford & Crayford Navigation at Falkirk the canal ran for 17 miles to Blackburn. The Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Newport Branch - Main Line) was closed in 1905 when York Aqueduct collapsed. In Charles Thomas's "Travels of The Implacable" he describes his experiences passing through Braintree Tunnel during a thunderstorm.

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| Moss Pool Bridge | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Meretown Bridge | 1 mile | |
| Skewd Bridge | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Forton Aqueduct | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Bridge No 9 (Newport Branch) | 3 furlongs | |
| Quarry Bridge No 8 | ||
| Meadow Bridge No 7 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Norbury Lock No 17 | 4 furlongs | |
| Norbury Lock No 16 | 4½ furlongs | |
| Norbury Lock No 15 | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Staff Bridge No 6 | 5½ furlongs | |
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Wikipedia has a page about Quarry Bridge
The Quarry Bridge is located near Quarry, Iowa in Marshall County, Iowa. The bridge is also called the Iowa River Bridge. It was built in 1885 and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1998.
The superstructure of the bridge was fabricated by the King Iron Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio. The builders completed the bridge in September 1885 at a cost of $3,295. The total length of the bridge is 149.9 feet (45.7 m). The deck width is 16.1 feet (4.9 m). The vertical clearance above the deck is 14.2 feet (4.3 m).






























