Chirk Aqueduct

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Chirk Aqueduct is a historic early-19th-century navigable aqueduct in Wales, designed by Thomas Telford to carry the Llangollen Canal across the River Ceiriog near the town of Chirk.

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Chirk Aqueduct canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Grade II* listed building ⓘ
navigable aqueduct ⓘ
scheduled monument ⓘ
archType masonry arches ⓘ
builtFor Ellesmere Canal Company ⓘ
carries Llangollen Canal ⓘ
category Aqueducts in Wales ⓘ
Bridges in Wrexham County Borough ⓘ
Works of Thomas Telford ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Telford
coEngineer William Jessop ⓘ
constructionEnd 1801 ⓘ
constructionStart 1796 ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
crosses River Ceiriog ⓘ
designer Thomas Telford ⓘ
engineer Thomas Telford ⓘ
hasHeight about 21 metres ⓘ
about 70 feet ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus important example of early 19th-century civil engineering ⓘ
hasLength about 710 feet ⓘ
approximately 220 metres ⓘ
hasParapet stone parapets ⓘ
hasTrough cast-iron trough ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade II* listed building ⓘ
scheduled monument ⓘ
locatedIn Chirk ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
Wrexham County Borough ⓘ
locatedNear Chirk Tunnel ⓘ
England–Wales border ⓘ
maintainedBy Canal & River Trust ⓘ
material cast iron ⓘ
stone ⓘ
near Chirk Viaduct ⓘ
numberOfArches 10 ⓘ
openingDate 1801 ⓘ
parallelTo Chirk Viaduct ⓘ
partOf Ellesmere Canal system ⓘ
linked to: Ellesmere Canal

Llangollen Canal ⓘ
region North Wales ⓘ
usedFor boat traffic ⓘ
narrowboat navigation ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
waterway Llangollen Canal ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chirk → hasHeritageSite → Chirk Aqueduct ⓘ
Chirk railway station → near → Chirk Aqueduct ⓘ
Llangollen Canal → hasPart → Chirk Aqueduct ⓘ
Ellesmere Canal (historic) → hasPart → Chirk Aqueduct ⓘ
Ellesmere Canal → notableStructure → Chirk Aqueduct ⓘ
Chirk Tunnel → near → Chirk Aqueduct ⓘ
Chirk Castle → nearbyStructure → Chirk Aqueduct ⓘ
River Ceiriog → near → Chirk Aqueduct ⓘ
Chirk Viaduct → crossesNear → Chirk Aqueduct ⓘ
Chirk Viaduct → parallelTo → Chirk Aqueduct ⓘ