STANLEY FERRY AQUEDUCT 1828-29 George Leather YORKSHIRE HEW 191 SE355 250 N53o 39' 30.2" W0o 31' 41.4"
This remarkable aqueduct is really a tied arch bowstring suspension bridge carrying the Aire and Calder Navigation over the River Calder. The huge cast iron trough which is 165 feet long by 24 feet wide and eight and a half feet deep (940 tons of water) is suspended by wrought iron hangers from a pair of cast iron segmental arches made up of seven sections each. The castings were by the Milton Iron Works near Sheffield. A whimsical touch to such a bold and assertive structure is the row of 'doric' columns along the sides of the trough which serve to emphasize the horizontal line.
