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The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌpɔntkəˈsəɬtɛ]; Welsh: Traphont Ddŵr Pontcysyllte) is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal across the River Dee in the Vale of Llangollen in northeast Wales.
It lies 200 m west of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and, carrying the B5434 road, is the main connection between Trevor and nearby Froncysyllte. The sandstone bridge is dated '1697', though it was substantially rebuilt during the 18th century, and only the south arch and part of the south pier are original. [4]
Grade II listed stone aqueduct built 1829-31, crosses the B5090 road. Stone embankments to each side, the river Dean was displaced by this and runs in a tunnel under the left side. Palmerston Street Aqueduct: Pontcysyllte Aqueduct: Llangollen Canal: Thomas Telford
A notable feature of the canal is the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, built by Thomas Telford. Opened in 1805, the aqueduct is more than 300 metres (980 ft) long and 38 metres (125 ft) above the valley floor. It has 19 stone arches, each with a 45-foot (14 metre) span.
A Welsh landmark was the inspiration for the "gripping" finale in the new Wallace and Gromit film. The final minutes of Vengeance Most Fowl shows a chase across an aqueduct bearing a striking ...
The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, near Llangollen, Wales, which carries the Llangollen Canal across the River Dee. This structure, built between 1795 and 1805, is grade I listed and a World Heritage Site Waterways in the care of the Canal & River Trust are accessible for use by boats, canoeists, paddleboarders and other watercraft upon payment of an ...
Out-of-use cast-iron Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct. Benjamin Outram's 44 ft long (13 m) single-span Holmes Aqueduct on the Derby Canal in Derby was the world's first navigable cast iron aqueduct, narrowly pre-dating Thomas Telford's 186 ft long (57 m) Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct on the Shrewsbury Canal, sometimes described as the world's first large-scale navigable cast iron aqueduct.
I raise this after an IP query on Template talk:Infobox aqueduct navigable. The infobox indicates boats can pass but as the Aqueduct is only 11-foot wide and narrowboats are about 7-foot wide there appears to be a problem. Is there passing places or some other explanation for the apparent problem? Keith D 23:41, 10 January 2013 (UTC)