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    The Barton Swing Aqueduct is a moveable navigable aqueduct in Barton upon Irwell, Greater Manchester, England. It carries the Bridgewater Canal across...
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    and today the swing bridge carries mostly local traffic. The structure is located adjacent to, and downstream of, the Barton Swing Aqueduct. The two crossings...
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    Ship Canal necessitated its demolition in 1893, replaced by the Barton Swing Aqueduct. The original intention was for the Bridgewater Canal to reach Salford...
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    home to Barton Swing Aqueduct, which carries the Bridgewater Canal over the Manchester Ship Canal. From the late 19th century, the road from Barton to Stretford...
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    Manchester. Landmarks along its route include the Barton Swing Aqueduct, the world's only swing aqueduct, and Trafford Park, the world's first planned industrial...
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  • Barton Bridge or Barton Swing Bridge may refer to two bridges that cross the Manchester Ship Canal, in North West England: Barton Swing Aqueduct Barton...
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  • jurisdiction over (and responsibility for) all of the sites except for the Barton Swing Aqueduct, which is owned and operated by the Bridgewater Canal Company. In...
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    construction of the ship canal forced the removal of Barton Aqueduct and the construction of Barton Swing Aqueduct, as the former was too low for the vessels which...
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    renovated without providing a tunnel or aqueduct for canal traffic to pass. Barton Swing Aqueduct is a swing bridge that carries the Bridgewater Canal...
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    eastern end of the canal in Salford, the Barton Road Swing Bridge is adjacent to the Barton Swing Aqueduct – a 234-foot, 800-ton trough holding some...
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    longest continuous lock flights in the country. Barton Swing Aqueduct, the world's only swinging aqueduct, on the Bridgewater canal. The Anderton Boat Lift...
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    it was necessary to create an aqueduct carrying the Bridgewater Canal over the Ship Canal. The Barton Swing Aqueduct, designed by Sir Edward Leader Williams...
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    stone in a classical style. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is an iron trough on tall stone piers. Barton Swing Aqueduct opens to let ships pass underneath on the...
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    to the Barton Swing Aqueduct, between the wars it played on the opposite bank of the Manchester Ship Canal at Redclyffe Road close to Barton Power Station...
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    building of the Manchester Ship Canal, the aqueduct was replaced by the equally impressive Barton Swing Aqueduct. Citations Malet, Hugh (1990). Coal Cotton...
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    included the Barton Swing Aqueduct (carrying the Bridgewater Canal over the Ship Canal) and a neighbouring swing bridge for road traffic at Barton. After the...
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    vehicle-launched bridge – transportable or relocatable bridges. Barton Swing Aqueduct, a swing bridge carrying barge traffic over a ship canal. List of movable...
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    This list of canal aqueducts in the United Kingdom covers aqueducts that have articles in Wikipedia. The actual number of canal aqueducts is much greater...
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    structures for the Manchester Ship Canal, including the Barton Swing Aqueduct and the Barton Road Swing Bridge. Such was his thoroughness, that he assembled...
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    Heywood Bridges Albert Bridge Barton Road Swing Bridge Barton Swing Aqueduct Blackfriars Bridge Cadishead Viaduct Clifton Aqueduct Clifton Viaduct Irwell Railway...
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    carried over the Manchester Ship Canal by the equally celebrated Barton Swing Aqueduct, which was completed in 1893 with the novel idea of "opening" by...
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    Heywood Bridges Albert Bridge Barton Road Swing Bridge Barton Swing Aqueduct Blackfriars Bridge Cadishead Viaduct Clifton Aqueduct Clifton Viaduct Irwell Railway...
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    boundary between Salford and Trafford, so one listed structure, Barton Swing Aqueduct, has been listed under both Salford and Trafford. Most of Greater...
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  • and the Barton Swing Aqueduct on the Manchester Ship Canal. Further afield, there were trips to the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, the Chirk Aqueduct, the Llangollen...
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    High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1888. He married Eleanor Barton, daughter of Richard Watson Barton, on 7 September 1847; they had no children. On 9 September...
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    Heywood Bridges Albert Bridge Barton Road Swing Bridge Barton Swing Aqueduct Blackfriars Bridge Cadishead Viaduct Clifton Aqueduct Clifton Viaduct Irwell Railway...
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  • closed in 1966. The viaduct passes another notable structure, Clifton Aqueduct. Greater Manchester portal Listed buildings in Swinton and Pendlebury List...
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    The Danny passing the Barton Swing Aqueduct...
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    Clifton Aqueduct, built in 1796, carried the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal across the River Irwell in Clifton, near Manchester, England. It is preserved...
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    Beckett MP, on 9 October 1991. Following the closure of Kingslea House on Barton Road in 2007, the East Wing of the civic centre became the local register...
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