This aqueduct was built by the Scottish surveyor and engineer, John Rennie (1761 - 1821). Its overall length and height are 600 feet by some 60 feet and it has five semi-circular arches, each on 70 feet centres, which carry the canal about 51 feet above the river Lune. It was constructed of local sandstone and along both sides there is a deep Doric cornice on top of which stands a parapet with groups of three balusters over the centre of each arch, which helps to blend the aqueduct into the north Lancashire landscape.
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Date: 18/05/2018
Location: Lancaster Canal, Lancaster
Photographer: Ron Leggat ARPS