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Sedgwick Hill Bridge, Lancaster Canal
Sedgwick Hill Bridge
bridge no.177
site name:-   Lancaster Canal
locality:-   Sedgwick
civil parish:-   Sedgwick (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   canal bridge
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   SD51068667
1Km square:-   SD5186
10Km square:-   SD58


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BYM58.jpg (taken 7.6.2013)  
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BYM59.jpg (taken 7.6.2013)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Sedgwick Hill Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"LANCASTER KENDAL CANAL, SEDGWICK HILL BRIDGE OVER LANCASTER/KENDAL CANAL / / / SEDGWICK / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76461 / SD5106886659"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Canal bridge. 1818 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 and coping. Single elliptical arch with rusticated voussoirs and keystone. Flat parapets. Approx 10' wide between parapets. East side built into embankment. Canal now dry."


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BYM60.jpg  View N.
(taken 7.6.2013)  
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BYM61.jpg  View S.
(taken 7.6.2013)  
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BYM62.jpg  Slot for a stank
(taken 7.6.2013)  

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