johneccles Loc: Leyland UK

Thanks, John, that section of this canal is a particularly good one as there is not a lot of mooring allowed, just go a couple of miles or so in each direction and you soon come to a marina which is full of various narrow boats, just as you see on most canals on England.

johneccles Loc: Leyland UK

Hi Bigmike, thank you for comments, that particular bridge was built around the year 1800 and is still in use today as it is a useful shortcut from the nearby main road to the M61 motorway.
The bridge builders used a very old technique where a wooden trestle was erected in the shape of the arch, keystones were laid along the entire length and the whole width to form an arch, a surface was laid and when that was complete the wooden trestle was removed and the keystones supported the bridge.
If you examine the photograph the keystone surrounding the arch are not square so the more the weight above the stronger the arch becomes.

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Bigmike1 Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.

Thank you John. I love old bridges. I have spent several years in Germany. I speak the language and my wife is also German. In 2015-2016 we spent 18 months as a senior missionary couple in Friedrichsdorf and Dresden. One day returning from Freiberg our GPS led us a different way so we decided to follow it. To our joy and amazement we discovered a 500 year old stone bridge. The only stone bridge in America that I am aware of is the London Bridge, which was moved stone by stone from London to Arizona and reconstructed.

photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

I enjoyed 1,2 and 5 most. We can get a canal boat ride in Coshocton and Canal Fulton, Ohio.

SpyderJan Loc: New Smyrna Beach. FL

I really like these John. The first and last are my favorites. A really serene looking place.