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Holme Mill Bridge, Lancaster Canal
Holme Mill Bridge
bridge no.147
site name:-   Lancaster Canal
locality:-   Holme
civil parish:-   Holme (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   canal bridge
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   SD52667819
1Km square:-   SD5278
10Km square:-   SD57


photograph
BQA57.jpg (taken 30.1.2009)  
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BQA58.jpg  View N.
(taken 30.1.2009)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Holme Mill Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"HOLME MILL BRIDGE OVER KENDAL/LANCASTER CANAL / / / HOLME / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76682 / SD5265778185"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Canal 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, copings and rounded fender course. Elliptical arch with rusticated voussoirs and keystone. Ramped parapets with flat top, curved in plan, terminating in pilasters. Approx. 3.5m wide between parapets."


photograph
BQA59.jpg  View S.
(taken 30.1.2009)  

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