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[[image:Im20100829-Cantlop1.jpg|thumb| Photographed in 2010. ]] | [[image:Im20100829-Cantlop1.jpg|thumb| Photographed in 2010. ]] | ||
[[image:Im20100829-Cantlop2.jpg|thumb| Photographed in 2010. ]] | [[image:Im20100829-Cantlop2.jpg|thumb| Photographed in 2010. ]] | ||
[[image:JD_Cantlop03.jpg|thumb|The four cast iron | [[image:JD_Cantlop03.jpg|thumb|The four cast iron rib castings spring from the masonry abutments via a pair of transverse cast iron plates]] | ||
[[image:JD_Cantlop01.jpg|thumb|Here can be seen how the ends of the ribs locate in rebates in the transverse cast iron plates]] | [[image:JD_Cantlop01.jpg|thumb|Here can be seen how the ends of the ribs locate in rebates in the transverse cast iron plates]] | ||
[[image:JD_Cantlop02.jpg|thumb|There appears to be a casting defect, in the form of a crater, in one of the castings (RHS of photo)]] | [[image:JD_Cantlop02.jpg|thumb|There appears to be a casting defect, in the form of a crater, in one of the castings (RHS of photo)]] | ||
[[image:JD_Cantlop05.jpg|thumb|Showing the junction of handrail pillar and deck side plates. The other | [[image:JD_Cantlop05.jpg|thumb|Showing the junction of handrail pillar and deck side plates. The other end of the bolt has a 'T' head (see next photo)]] | ||
[[image:JD_Cantlop04.jpg|thumb|]] | [[image:JD_Cantlop04.jpg|thumb|]] | ||
Cantlop Bridge, near Shrewsbury | Cantlop Bridge, Aston Cantlop, near Shrewsbury | ||
Built in 1813 to a design approved by [[Thomas Telford]] while he was surveyor of the county | Built in 1813 to a design approved by [[Thomas Telford]] while he was surveyor of the county. It is the only remaining Telford-approved cast iron bridge in situ in Shropshire. | ||
32 ft. span. Castings probably produced by [[William Hazledine]] at Coleham, Shrewsbury<ref>'The Iron Bridge - Symbol of the Industrial Revolution' by Neil Cossons & Barrie Trinder, Phillimore & Co., 2002</ref> | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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[[Category: Town - Shrewsbury]] | [[Category: Town - Shrewsbury]] | ||
[[Category: Early Iron Bridges]] | [[Category: Early Iron Bridges]] | ||
[[Category: Cast Iron Arch Bridges]] | |||
[[Category: Bridges and Viaducts]] | [[Category: Bridges and Viaducts]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:56, 18 January 2018
Cantlop Bridge, Aston Cantlop, near Shrewsbury
Built in 1813 to a design approved by Thomas Telford while he was surveyor of the county. It is the only remaining Telford-approved cast iron bridge in situ in Shropshire.
32 ft. span. Castings probably produced by William Hazledine at Coleham, Shrewsbury[1]
See Also
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 'The Iron Bridge - Symbol of the Industrial Revolution' by Neil Cossons & Barrie Trinder, Phillimore & Co., 2002