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Built in 1861. | Built in 1861. | ||
Ironwork by [[R. and J. Rankin]]. | Ironwork by [[R. and J. Rankin]]. Their foundry was alongside the canal, just one third of a mile north of the bridge. | ||
The 1890/1893 O.S. map shows the Athol Street bridge, with a hydraulic pumping station immediately to the north west, a gas works immediately south west, and a sugar refinery immediately north west.<ref>[https://maps.nls.uk/view/126523070] National Library of Scotland: Old Maps: Lancashire CVI.6, Surveyed 1890, Published 1893</ref> | The 1890/1893 25" O.S. map shows the Athol Street bridge, with a hydraulic pumping station immediately to the north west, a gas works immediately south west, and a sugar refinery immediately north west.<ref>[https://maps.nls.uk/view/126523070] National Library of Scotland: Old Maps: Lancashire CVI.6, Surveyed 1890, Published 1893</ref> | ||
Geograph entry [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4098519 ''here'']. | Geograph entry [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4098519 ''here'']. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:08, 14 February 2022
An attractive cast iron arch bridge in Liverpool.
It carries a footpath (originally Athol Street) over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
Built in 1861.
Ironwork by R. and J. Rankin. Their foundry was alongside the canal, just one third of a mile north of the bridge.
The 1890/1893 25" O.S. map shows the Athol Street bridge, with a hydraulic pumping station immediately to the north west, a gas works immediately south west, and a sugar refinery immediately north west.[1]
Geograph entry here.
Boundary Bridge is 150 yds to the north.
To the south, the canal branches off to Stanley Dock.
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