Avon Aqueduct, Union Canal, Muiravonside Estate.

Maker
Tom Astbury
Production date
Jun 1979
 Description
View of two arches built of hammer-dressed rough ashlar stone with the steep-sided valley of the River Avon below and iron railing on top.
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Department
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Maker
Production date
Jun 1979
Subject place
Avon Aqueduct/Union Canal/Muiravonside/Muiravonside area
Subject notes
The aqueduct has 12 arches, is more than 230 metres long and carries the canal 24 metres above the river. In the British Isles, only one in Wales is larger. The use of a lightweight iron trough, rather than stone, for the water channel, allowed the use of hollow and slender columns.
Accession number
P05793

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