Quarry Bridge No 121 carries a footpath over the Shropshire Union Canal (Chester Canal - Bunbury to Chester) near to Wycombe Aqueduct.
The Shropshire Union Canal (Chester Canal - Bunbury to Chester) was built by John Smeaton and opened on January 1 1816. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Newport to Castlefield canal at Stroud, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Bassetlaw at Oldham caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Torquay instead. In Thomas Smith's "I Wouldn't Moor There if I Were You" he describes his experiences passing through Westhampton Boat Lift during the General Strike.

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
| Egg Bridge Winding Hole | 1 mile, 3½ furlongs | |
| Egg Bridge No 119 | 1 mile, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Rowton Bridge No 120 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Cheshire Cat PH | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Quarry Bridge Winding Hole | a few yards | |
| Quarry Bridge No 121 | ||
| Christleton Visitor Moorings | 1 furlong | |
| Costa Coffee (Christleton) | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Pepper Street Bridge No 122 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Water Point (Christleton) | 1¾ furlongs | |
| A55 Road Bridge No 122A | 2 furlongs | |
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In the direction of Winding Hole above Bunbury Locks
In the direction of River Dee Branch Junction
Nearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Winding Hole above Bunbury Locks
In the direction of River Dee Branch Junction
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In the direction of Winding Hole above Bunbury Locks
In the direction of River Dee Branch Junction
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Winding Hole above Bunbury Locks
In the direction of River Dee Branch Junction
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Winding Hole above Bunbury Locks
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).





![Quarry Bridge, Christleton. Quarry Bridge carries a footpath over the Shropshire Union Canal - Main Line. There is an Ordnance Survey bench mark on the right hand buttress of the bridge - see [[4775091]] by John S Turner – 25 October 2011](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/77/50/4775097_1812ffa4_120x120.jpg)

![Damaged bench mark on Quarry Bridge, Christleton. This damaged bench mark is on the north face of the canal bridge buttress alongside the Shropshire Union Canal - Main Line. It's not easy to spot unless you are looking for it. See also [[4775097]] For details of the mark see: http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm72400 by John S Turner – 25 October 2011](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/77/50/4775091_16e8ae87_120x120.jpg)
![Former flour mill, Christleton. Now converted to housing. Bounded by the Shropshire Union canal on one side and the Whitchurch Road [A41] on the other. For more about the history see [[7187231]]. by Christine Johnstone – 06 May 2023](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/52/02/7520289_917bd247_120x120.jpg)
![Old Mill Loading Platform, Christleton. Although there are a couple of planks missing from this hinged platform, it looks to be the real deal, which is certainly likely as this canal-side mill only stopped making flour in the mid 1970s. It went by the name of Butlers Mill, and ground the grain into flour used predominantly for animal feed, according to those in the know online.The grain was lifted from the barges, called Mersey Flats, by a cantilever hoist, of which there is now no evidence. Presumably onto this platform. The bottom of an overhanging bit of the old mill building can just be made out at the top of the picture, but it is worth looking at [[7167444]] for a better view. Presumably (again!) there used to be a trapdoor in the overhanging bit through which the sacks of grain were hoisted. A bakery existed here until the 1930s and when I was growing up there was a Mill Stores here selling newspapers and football stickers, amongst other things. It must have closed in the mid 1990s I think. A bit of trivia found online is that the owners of the mill also owned the first petrol station in Christleton, which was sited on what is now Durban Avenue, on the opposite side of the A41.I was a bit startled to see the words 'Bakers Way' on the OS map, running alongside this section of the canal running past the old mill. Its name, however, is a red herring, having nothing to do with baking; it is named as a tribute to a Mr Baker, something of a big cheese in Cheshire footpaths in days gone by. by Ian Dodds – 06 September 2021](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/18/72/7187231_9ddb2ac3_120x120.jpg)




















