Monument Type(s):

• CANAL BRIDGE (Late 18th century - 1796 AD to 1796 AD)

Summary

A canal bridge, circa 1796, which is protected by Grade II Listing.

Related records

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

• ESA5051 - 1994 evaluation of the Montgomery Canal between the River Perry and Aston Upper Lock by SCCAS
• ESA5050 - 1995-1996 archaeological recording of Phase 2 works along the Montgomery Canal by SCCAS

Description

Canal bridge. Circa 1796. By William Jessop and Thomas Telford, engineers. Red brick with coped parapet. Segmental arch with string course and corner piers. This section of the Ellesmere Canal, opened in 1796 to link with the Montgomeryshire Canal at Carreghofa, became part of the Shropshire Union in 1846. Charles Hadfield, The Canals of the West Midlands (1966) pp169-70. <1>

Design and access statement prepared in association with proposed repairs, in 2010. Incorrectly Listed as No 74. <4>

Noted during a desk-based assessment and walkover survey in 1994, ahead of Phase 2 of the Montgomery Canal restoration. Recorded in a fair condition (this bridge was repaired by British Waterways in 1991); the brick revetments to the abutments of the bridge were visible in the canal banks, complete with their cast iron rubbing strakes. A photographic record was recommended during restoration works. <5>

The phase 2 restoration of the canal was monitored during 1995-1996. Work on Corbett's Bridge included repairs to areas of brickwork, the revetment of the canal banks either side of the existing brick approaches with sheet piling, and the replacement of the cast iron fenders with timber ones. Photographed. <6>

Photograph taken by A & B Tyler taken in 1978/79. <7>

Photographed in 1997. <8>

Photographed in 2014. <9>

<00> Shropshire County Council SMR, SMR Sheets Collection, SMR Sheet for PRN SA 17520 (Card index). SSA20723.

<01> Department of the Environment (DoE), 1986-May-15, 11th List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, p105 (List of Buildings). SSA1541.

<02> Anon, 1979, Corbetts Bridge [No 76], Montgomery Canal (Photograph). SSA15664.

<03> Hadfield C, 1969/1985, Canals of the West Midlands, p169-170 (Monograph). SSA3346.

<04> Ratcliffe T, 2010, Bridge repairs, Corbetts's bridge No. 75, Montgomery Canal: design and access statement (Non-archaeological specialist report). SSA24509.

<05> Hannaford Hugh R, 1994, An archaeological evaluation of the Montgomery Canal between the River Perry and Aston Upper Lock, Site 15 (Field survey report). SSA21046.

<06> Hannaford Hugh R, 1996, Salvage recording during Phase 2 of the Montgomery Canal restoration, p.8 (Archaeological fieldwork report). SSA21045.

<07> Tyler Alan W, 1978/ 1979, Slides (Photograph). SSA3362.

<08> Anon, 1997, Montgomery Canal photographs, July 1997 (Field survey report). SSA23851.

<09> Haynes J B, 2014 onwards, Comments by J B Haynes, HER Compiler, 19/12/2018 (SMR comment). SSA27226.

Sources

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