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Description: Sowerby Long Bridge

Address: Sowerby Long Bridge Rochdale Canal Between Hebden Bridge & Sowerby Bridge West Yorkshire

Grade: II

Group detail: Rochdale Canal

Full description:
Canal bridge. c1798, partly rebuilt C20. For the Rochdale Canal Company. Coursed squared stone. Built abutting the rock face. Quoined horseshoe arch with tie-stones; band truncated at north-east angle; parapet with ashlar coping. Pilaster buttress at south-west angle rises into ashlar pier with pyramidal capstone. The north-east corner has been rebuilt from just below band level upwards. The long tunnel has tow path on south side with large kerb stones. The Rochdale Canal was opened up between Sowerby Bridge and Rochdale in 1798. The line was originally surveyed by James Brindley in 1776, resurveyed by John Rennie in 1791 and construction was finely supervised by William Jessop (engineer) and William Crossley (resident engineer). K- Parry, (Trans-Pennine Heritage, Hills, People and Transport) (1981), p 64. Sowerby Bridge Chamber of Trade and Commerce Official Tourist Guide, pp 22-23.