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The Union Canal Bill was approved by Parliament in 1793, and work began in 1794, reaching Fleckney in 1796.
In celebration of the new crossing that carried the railway over the river, the 18th-century sandstone inn we see here was renamed The Severn Bridge Hotel in 1879.
Both the 800-tonne Swing Aqueduct and the swing road bridge have been opened to allow the passage of a steamer on the MSC.
This splendid branch railway ran from Ulverston to Newby Bridge and Lakeside at the foot of Windermere.
This was not only a freight line for the reservoirs, but also a passenger railway between Pateley Bridge and Lofthouse from 1901 to 1929.
A lane leads left to the church and manor house, and to the right is Burycroft, which leads to the medieval bridge and then Abingdon.
Roads pass by leading to Dunsop Bridge and Slaidburn.
In an area of outstanding beauty and ancient and quaint villages, its hard to be noticed.
The photograph gives an unusual perspective in that the exit from the bridge and the High Street beyond appears to be restrictive for both traffic and pedestrians.
The River Medway traditionally separates the Men of Kent on its east side from the Kentish Men on the west, but bridges such as this one unite the two 'tribes'.
Roads pass by leading to Dunsop Bridge and Slaidburn.
We are upstream of the bridges.
Here we see the river bridges and Nag's Head island, which separates the main river on the right and the back water on its left.
Our photographer is standing on Doctors Bridge over the Bridgewater Canal, and High Street runs left and right from the top of the square.
The signs leave no doubt that in 1960 the inn was owned by Dutton's Brewery (of Blackburn), and that John Kirkby was the licensee.
The present stone bridge replaced earlier ones (the first built in timber by the energetic Bishop Alexander in the 12th century); it dates from 1775, with footways and cast iron railings added in 1848
Alma Bridge spans the Sid at the point just before the river tumbles across a pebbled ridge into the sea.
Constant repairs were needed to the medieval Great Bridge.
The High Level Bridge spans part of the dock area; it links Barrow Island, which was a separate island, with the mainland.
The River Lune and the town of Lancaster are viewed from the New Bridge, or the Skerton Bridge as it is now called.
