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Description: Black Pit Aquaduct

Address: Black Pit Aqueduct Rochdale Canal Between Hebden Bridge & Sowerby Bridge West Yorkshire

Grade: II

Group detail: Rochdale Canal

Full description:
Canal aquaduct over the River Calder. Dated 1797, W. Jessop and W. Crossley engineers. Large dressed stone. 4 segmental arches with keystones with bullnosed break waters with pitch faced stone piers over. Parapet has carved head to keystone and bears date. Band and parapet with large cappings. An impressive engineering feat adjacent to the centre of Hebden Bridge. Illustrated in C. Spencer, Hebden Bridge History Trail (Hebden Bridge, no date) p.15.