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Barfoot Aqueduct

 
Aqueduct over River Mersey
Barfoot Aqueduct, Trafford M32 9UP, United Kingdom
 
Information about the place
Barfoot Aqueduct is a minor waterways place on the Bridgewater Canal (Main Line) between Stretford - Waters Meeting (Junction of Bridgewater Canal Main Line and Stretford and Leigh Branch) (1 mile and 4¾ furlongs to the north) and Lymm Bridge No 23 (Lymm, footbridge is next to road bridge) (9 miles and 1½ furlongs to the west).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Stretford - Waters Meeting is Hawthorn Lane Footpath Underbridge; 1¾ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Lymm Bridge No 23 is M60 Motorway Bridge No 37 (Two bridges, one for junction 7 sliproad); 1¼ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a small aqueduct or underbridge here which takes a river under the canal.

 
 
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Nearest water point

In the direction of Grocer's Wharf

Watch House Cruising Club2½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Grocer's Wharf
Stretford Marina1 mile, 2¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Grocer's Wharf
Potato Wharf Arm & The New Basin4 miles, 2¼ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Grocer's Wharf
Staffordshire, Kenworthy and other Arms4 miles, 3 furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Grocer's Wharf
Worsley Visitor Moorings6 miles, ¾ furlongs away
Travel to Stretford - Waters Meeting, then on the Bridgewater Canal (Stretford and Leigh Branch) to Worsley Visitor Moorings
Bridgewater Marina7 miles, 4¾ furlongs away
Travel to Stretford - Waters Meeting, then on the Bridgewater Canal (Stretford and Leigh Branch) to Bridgewater Marina
Plank Lane Visitor Moorings14 miles, 1¼ furlongs away
Travel to Stretford - Waters Meeting, then on the Bridgewater Canal (Stretford and Leigh Branch) to Leigh Bridge No 11, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Leigh Branch) to Plank Lane Visitor Moorings
New Islington Marina6 miles, ¾ furlongs and 11 locks away
Travel to Castlefield Junction, then on the Rochdale Canal to New Islington Marina Entrance, then on the Rochdale Canal (Main Line) to Cotton Field Wharf Marina, then on the Rochdale Canal (New Islington Marina Arm) to New Islington Marina
Wigan Bottom Lock No 8719 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Stretford - Waters Meeting, then on the Bridgewater Canal (Stretford and Leigh Branch) to Leigh Bridge No 11, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Leigh Branch) to Wigan Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Liverpool to Wigan) to Wigan Bottom Lock No 87
Fairfield Junction9 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 27 locks away
Travel to Castlefield Junction, then on the Rochdale Canal to Ducie Street Junction, then on the Ashton Canal (Main Line) to Fairfield Junction
Grove Road Bridge No 9616 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 35 locks away
Travel to Castlefield Junction, then on the Rochdale Canal to Ducie Street Junction, then on the Ashton Canal (Main Line) to Ashton-under-Lyne Junction, then on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal to Grove Road Bridge No 96

In the direction of Waterloo Bridge (Runcorn)

Ye Olde Number 3 Transit Moorings6 miles, 4½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Waterloo Bridge (Runcorn)

Nearest chemical toilet disposal

In the direction of Grocer's Wharf

Watch House Cruising Club2½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Grocer's Wharf
Fairfield Junction9 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 27 locks away
Travel to Castlefield Junction, then on the Rochdale Canal to Ducie Street Junction, then on the Ashton Canal (Main Line) to Fairfield Junction
Grove Road Bridge No 9616 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 35 locks away
Travel to Castlefield Junction, then on the Rochdale Canal to Ducie Street Junction, then on the Ashton Canal (Main Line) to Ashton-under-Lyne Junction, then on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal to Grove Road Bridge No 96

In the direction of Waterloo Bridge (Runcorn)

Oughtrington Wharf8 miles, 2½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Waterloo Bridge (Runcorn)

Nearest place to turn

In the direction of Grocer's Wharf

Edge Lane Winding Hole4¼ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Grocer's Wharf
Stretford Marina1 mile, 2¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Grocer's Wharf
Stretford - Waters Meeting1 mile, 4¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Grocer's Wharf
Trafford Park Winding Hole2 miles, 7¼ furlongs away
Travel to Stretford - Waters Meeting, then on the Bridgewater Canal (Stretford and Leigh Branch) to Trafford Park Winding Hole
Pomona Lock Branch Junction3 miles, 3¼ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Grocer's Wharf
Hulme Hall Road Winding Hole3 miles, 7¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Grocer's Wharf On this waterway in the direction of Grocer's Wharf
Patricroft Basin and Warehouse4 miles, 1½ furlongs away
Travel to Stretford - Waters Meeting, then on the Bridgewater Canal (Stretford and Leigh Branch) to Patricroft Basin and Warehouse
Potato Wharf Arm & The New Basin4 miles, 2¼ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Grocer's Wharf
Patricroft Bridge Winding Hole4 miles, 2¾ furlongs away
Travel to Stretford - Waters Meeting, then on the Bridgewater Canal (Stretford and Leigh Branch) to Patricroft Bridge Winding Hole
Staffordshire, Kenworthy and other Arms4 miles, 3 furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Grocer's Wharf
Castlefield Junction4 miles, 3¼ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Grocer's Wharf
Grocer's Wharf4 miles, 4 furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Grocer's Wharf
Monton Turn5 miles, ¾ furlongs away
Travel to Stretford - Waters Meeting, then on the Bridgewater Canal (Stretford and Leigh Branch) to Monton Turn
Winding Hole (east of Worsley)5 miles, 6¾ furlongs away
Travel to Stretford - Waters Meeting, then on the Bridgewater Canal (Stretford and Leigh Branch) to Winding Hole (east of Worsley)
Worsley Delph6 miles, 1 furlong away
Travel to Stretford - Waters Meeting, then on the Bridgewater Canal (Stretford and Leigh Branch) to Worsley Delph
Middlewood Basin No 14 miles, 5½ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Pomona Lock Branch Junction, then on the Bridgewater Canal (Pomona Lock Branch) to Pomona Dock No 4, then on the Manchester Ship Canal (Main Line) to Woden Street Footbridge, then on the Manchester Ship Canal (River Irwell Upper Reach) to Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal - River Irwell Junction, then on the Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal (Main Line) to Middlewood Basin No 1
Middlewood Basin No 24 miles, 6 furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Pomona Lock Branch Junction, then on the Bridgewater Canal (Pomona Lock Branch) to Pomona Dock No 4, then on the Manchester Ship Canal (Main Line) to Woden Street Footbridge, then on the Manchester Ship Canal (River Irwell Upper Reach) to Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal - River Irwell Junction, then on the Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal (Main Line) to Middlewood Basin No 2

In the direction of Waterloo Bridge (Runcorn)

Seamon's Moss Winding Hole4 miles, 2 furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Waterloo Bridge (Runcorn)
Little Bollington Winding Hole6 miles, 1½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Waterloo Bridge (Runcorn)

Nearest boatyard pump-out

In the direction of Grocer's Wharf

Stretford Marina1 mile, 2¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Grocer's Wharf
Bridgewater Marina7 miles, 4¾ furlongs away
Travel to Stretford - Waters Meeting, then on the Bridgewater Canal (Stretford and Leigh Branch) to Bridgewater Marina
Portland Basin Arm11 miles, 7½ furlongs and 27 locks away
Travel to Castlefield Junction, then on the Rochdale Canal to Ducie Street Junction, then on the Ashton Canal (Main Line) to Dukinfield Junction, then on the Peak Forest Canal (Lower) to Portland Basin Arm

In the direction of Waterloo Bridge (Runcorn)

Oughtrington Wharf8 miles, 2½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Waterloo Bridge (Runcorn)
Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
 
 
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[Bridgewater Canal] imagination because of its engineering feats; it required the construction of an aqueduct to cross the River Irwell, and a tunnel at Worsley. Its success helped [Sale, Greater Manchester] yeomen claimed that their crops were damaged by flooding from the Barfoot Bridge aqueduct. A 1777 map shows the village of Cross Street, on the site of the [Royal Edinburgh Hospital] The story has been contested by a number of modern scholars - see e.g. Barfoot, Michael. "Contested Charity: Andrew Duncan and the Edinburgh Lunatic Asylum
 
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Not everyone benefited from the canal however; several yeomen claimed that their crops were damaged by flooding from the Barfoot Bridge aqueduct.
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The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. ... Along with its stone aqueduct at Barton-upon-Irwell, the Bridgewater Canal was considered a major engineering ... Ordnance Survey map of 1843 showing the canal crossing the River Mersey at Barfoot Bridge, Stretford. The canal ...
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