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Braithwaites Bridge, Lancaster Canal
Braithwaites Bridge
bridge no.146
site name:-   Lancaster Canal
civil parish:-   Burton-in-Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   canal bridge
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   SD52307751
1Km square:-   SD5277
10Km square:-   SD57

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BQA96.jpg (taken 6.2.2009)  
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BQA97.jpg  View N.
(taken 6.2.2009)  
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Braithwaite Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BRAITHWAITE BRIDGE OVER KENDAL/LACASTER CANAL / / / BURTON IN KENDAL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76635 / SD5229677507"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Accommodation bridge, c.1816. Probably by John Fletcher, engineer, from the original designs of John Rennie whose route for the canal was authorised in 1792. Squared, coursed limestone with limestone string and copings and rounded fender course. Single elliptical arch with rusticated voussoirs and keystone. Ramped parapets curved in plan with flat tops and pilasters to each end. Approx. 3.5m between parapets."

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BQA98.jpg  View S.
(taken 6.2.2009)  
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BQA99.jpg  Stop gates (gone).
(taken 6.2.2009)  
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BQB01.jpg  Stank.
(taken 6.2.2009)  
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