Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

Local namePontcysyllte Aqueduct
LocationWrexham, UK

The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal across the River Dee in the Vale of Llangollen in northeast Wales.

The 18-arched stone and cast iron structure is for use by narrowboats and was completed in 1805 having taken ten years to design and build. It is 12 ft wide and is the longest aqueduct in Great Britain and the highest canal aqueduct in the world. A footpath runs alongside the watercourse on one side.The aqueduct was to have been a key part of the central section of the proposed Ellesmere Canal, an industrial waterway that would have created a commercial link between the River Severn at Shrewsbury and the Port of Liverpool on the River Mersey.

Tags AqueductAerial ViewsUNESCOBridgeHistoricalHeritage
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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontcysyllte_Aqueduct

Official website http://www.pontcysyllte-aqueduct.co.uk/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pontcysyllte

More information on UNESCO's website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1303

Twitter https://twitter.com/Pontcysyllte

Phone +44 1978 292 466

Address (Unnamed Road), LL20 7, United Kingdom

Coordinates 52°58'12.523" N -3°5'16.346" E

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