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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.
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.
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
Pont Cysyllte, or Cysylltau Bridge Aerial view of Pont Cysyllte. Pont Cysyllte, [1] [2] also known as Cysylltau Bridge [1] [2] or Bont Bridge, [3] is a 17th-century road bridge crossing the River Dee near the village of Trevor, Wrexham County Borough, Wales.
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 ...
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct; S. Stretton Aqueduct; T. Tone Aqueduct; W. Wootton Wawen Aqueduct; Y. Yarningale Aqueduct This page was last edited on 20 November 2017, at 19 ...
The aqueduct was built to carry the Ellesmere Canal over the Dee Valley. Completed during the Industrial Revolution and designed by Scottish Engineer Thomas Telford, the aqueduct made innovative use of cast and wrought iron, influencing civil engineering across the world. [17] [18] The heritage site extends into Shropshire in England. [19]
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.