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Reference Number
16356
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/08/1995
Date of Amendment
21/08/1995
Name of Property
Brithdir Aqueduct
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Berriew
Town
Locality
Brithdir
Easting
319780
Northing
302220
Street Side
Location
Carries the Montgomeryshire Canal across the Luggy Brook.
Description
Broad Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Period
History
G.W.Buck was the engineer of the eastern branch of the canal between 1819 and 1831, and he rebuilt an existing aqueduct in 1819. In 1828, he added railings to the tow-path side of the aqueduct. c1890, slumping of the cast-iron side plates necessitated a reduction of the span of the trough by the introduction of masonry abutments.
Exterior
Brick and stone abutments to either side of a cast-iron trough consisting of rectangular plates with splayed flanges bolted together. Cast iron railing on tow path side of 1828 has close-spaced posts below mid-rail, and iron hand rail. Timber deck and plain iron rail to W side probably added when the aqueduct was repaired c1890.
Interior
Reason for designation
A very good example of the small iron-trough type of aqueduct developed by G.W.Buck, and the prototype for the similar aqueduct at Welshpool.
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