I always reckon that Ponty..., while being a wonder of the waterways is one
because it was a one off and no-one every tried to do it again here or
anywhere. But it does look great and it's in EU region Wales (Peter Hain (ex
SA) land) so politically it's much better than more functional structures. And
forgetting the canals real engineer, it was built, according to his own
publicity by Telford - a Scotsman. More recently John Prescott crossed it
(barefoot?) on his way to school. What a pedigree - put it in there with the
pyramids. After all they ain't heritage - they was just built for dead blokes.
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There can be little doubt
> that Pontywotsit is one of the leading pieces of canal infrastructure in the
> world, but that might not be enough for to get the world heritage status.
An alternative view (not mine, particularly, but that of a waterways historian
who used to post here a few years ago) is that a better UK nomination for World
Heritage Status for a canal structure would have been the Anderton Lift. On the
grounds that despite its undoubted iconic status the Pontcysyllte didn't
actually contribute much to the development of the world's waterway systems,
whereas Anderton in its original form was the pattern for a number of lifts in
various countries including the four Belgian ones already listed as a World
Heritage Site.
Martin L
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