Rivers and Canals (on http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/jim.shead/PNRC0521.htm).
This says the canal (the original contour canal) had an aqueduct of twelve
arches of 22 feet span each, over the valley at Brinklow - but no mention of
housing.
Seems a bright idea to provide housing (you've already got the roof and
sides!) so why didn't it catch on? (Too many leaks?)
Hogreve's illustrations really are gorgeous - I can feel an article coming
on for the waterways press, if I could get permission for reproducing them:
Here's the list of tables:
I - map of the system in 1777, with canals planned for
Northwich-Knutsford-Macclesfield, then via Stockport to Manchester (with a
branch from Stockport to the Bridgewater at Sale), a canal from Reading to
Brentford to Brentford, and a choice of two routes from Preston to Kendal.
II - bridges over Thames at Maidenhead and over Charwell at Oxford, sluices
at Boston
III - aqueduct at Brinklow (although I see now it's labelled "aufgegebnes
project" - abandoned project)
IV - Newbold and Fenny Compton tunnels; coal boats, "little locks"
V - Bridge at Stourport over Severn, and basins
VI - Wharves at Birmingham, projected canal Langley Bridge to the Trent
VII - Runcorn double locks down to the Mersey; "passage boats" for
travellers (with a section for distinguished travellers)
VIII - Castlefield - including underground outlet for the water that drives
the waterwheel. Aqueduct over the Irwell at Barton.
IX - Leeds & Liverpool double locks
X - Aqueduct over the Aire (Great Cottingley). Sketch of Bingley 5-rise.
Witham sluices / lock at Boston.
XI - St Omer (France)
Steve
>> Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 18:29:47 +0100 (BST)
>>From: Laurence Hogg Productions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Subject: Re: Brinklow Aqueduct, Johann Ludwig Hogreve
>>Hi Steve,
>> That is absolutely correct, there was an aqueduct which had the arches
>>filled up some with as houses etc. "Brinklow arches" are one of the lost
>>wonders of the Oxford canal......
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