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Garths Bridge, Lancaster Canal
Garths Bridge
bridge no.154
site name:-   Lancaster Canal
civil parish:-   Holme (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   canal bridge
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   SD52848001
1Km square:-   SD5280
10Km square:-   SD58

photograph
BQA80.jpg (taken 6.2.2009)  
photograph
BQA83.jpg  Rope marks on the northern end.
(taken 6.2.2009)  
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Garth's Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"KENDAL/LANCASTER CANAL GARTH'S BRIDGE OVER KENDAL / / / HOLME / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76673 / SD5282580016"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Accommodation bridge. c.1816. Probably by John Fletcher, engineer, from the original designs of John Rennie whose route for the Canal was authorised in 1792. Squared, coursed limestone with limestone string, copings and rounded fender course. Elliptical arch with rusticated voussoirs and keystone. Ramped parapets with flat top and pilasters to each end. Approx. 3.5m between parapets."

photograph
BQA81.jpg  View N.
(taken 6.2.2009)  
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BQA82.jpg  View S.
(taken 6.2.2009)  
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