Nantwich Canal Aqueduct and Embankment in Nantwich, England

This aqueduct carries the Shropshire Union Canal over the road from Nantwich Town Centre towards Chester. It was designed by Thomas Telford using a cast iron trough instead of stonework. It was built by Telford who was a pioneer of the use of cast iron box sections — see photo taken in the 1950s, when it was drained for maintenance, and this is an early example which was completed in 1826.  Either side of the aqueduct is an embankment which stretches for 1.5km and provides a walk south which runs along the west side of Nantwich. Walk 1km north and you reach Bridge 92 which has a view of the site of the Battle of Nantwich - 1644. This is remembered every January by the 'Sealed Knot Society' with a re-enactment with hundreds of re-enactors, horses and artillery. The embankment itself is a marvel of civil engineering of the day, around 5m high, and its design informed the later construction of many railway embankments in the UK