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Whilst the Latchford Viaduct is high enough to allow the tallest ships to pass beneath, a series of swing bridges allow vessels to pass through most road crossings along the canal.

Stramongate Bridge was also known as Miller or Mill Bridge, because it linked the mills on the eastern bank of the River Kent to the 'Auld Grey Town' on the other bank.

There has been a bridge over the river at this point for centuries. The old bridge with its seven irregular arches dates from the late 13th century, and was partially rebuilt in 1347-58.

Whitworth Brothers Flour Mills stand beside the A509 London Road bridge.

The North Walsham and Dilham canal begins beyond the bridge, which is called Wayford Bridge.

This squat building was demolished in 1920, and underneath was found one of the arches of the old London Bridge. London Bridge woud seem to have been closed off to traffic.

This bridge originally carried a tramway believed to have served the wire industries in the Anghiddy Valley, which linked up with the Wye Valley railway south of Tintern Station.

The bridge is the railway bridge over the River Ribble, and we can see the far bank clearly.

The bridge is the railway bridge over the River Ribble, and we can see the far bank clearly.

The stone bridge carries the A354 over the River Ebble at Coombe Bisset.

The bridge is the Thetford Town Bridge, a cast-iron structure that dates from 1829.

There was a ferry at Holt Fleet long before Thomas Telford's graceful bridge was opened in 1828.

Back on the river, this view looks north-east from the Crowmarsh Gifford bank to Bridge House, with the remarkable spire of St Peter's Church beyond.

However, in Victorian times the town became a popular spa, complete with pump room and baths and around 100 lodging houses.

As part of the A5 road construction, Thomas Telford built the elegant Waterloo Bridge (Y Bont Haearn - the Iron Bridge) in 1815, and the defeat of Napoleon is proudly commemorated on its

The narrowing of the river at this point shows clearly why the bridge was built here.

Stone proclaims itself to be a 'Canal Town' and reaching it from this river bridge involves crossing the Trent & Mersey Canal.

The wooden road bridge had to be replaced in 1926: it was rotting, and traffic was becoming heavier.

Eamont Bridge, just south of Penrith on the A6, takes its name from this splendid three-arched bridge across the River Eamont.

St Mary's dates from the 15th century, and stands on the site of an earlier Knights Templar house.

The railway station is in the centre, to the left of the bridge. It was the final station along the scenic route from Teesside to Whitby.

The bust on the plinth in the foreground is of Creighton Hutchinson, a local doctor and benefactor, who died in 1927.

This is the third of four bridges in this area. The furthermost crosses a ruined leat, a channel carrying water to a nearby mill.

Upstream of Halfpenny Bridge, Stonehouse creek used to run as far as Pennycomequick, but was progressively filled over the years.