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    The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌpɔntkəˈsəɬtɛ]; Welsh: Traphont Ddŵr Pontcysyllte) is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen...
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    Within ten years Telford had completed the far more ambitious Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales on the Llangollen Canal over the River Dee valley, with...
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    "Chirk Viaduct". Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage site. Retrieved 21 April 2022. "Pontcysyllte Aqueduct". Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World...
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    the Manchester Ship Canal, the Worsley Navigable Levels and the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. In the post-medieval period, some rivers were canalised for boat...
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    The aqueduct followed Telford's innovative Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct on the Shrewsbury Canal, and was a forerunner of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, also...
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    Liddiard (2005), p. 9. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal, UNESCO, retrieved 12 August 2009 Listed Buildings: Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Trevor, Wrexham County...
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    Aqueduct, the cast-iron aqueduct at Longdon-on-Tern, pre-dating that at Pontcysyllte, and substantially bigger than the UK's first cast-iron aqueduct...
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    then passed through Chirk Tunnel, and reached the southern end of Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in 1802, which was not completed until 1805. To join the two halves...
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    (via an adjacent valve house and flow meter). The canal west of Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and the construction of the weir were authorised by an Act of Parliament...
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    1789, however, cast iron was used by Telford on aqueducts such as Chirk and Pontcysyllte. Aqueducts built in the early part of the 19th century use either...
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    racecourse at Racecourse Common Craignant Chirk Castle Llangollen Canal Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (World Heritage Site) over the River Dee Trevor Llangollen Castle...
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  • which directed them to the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to ride on one of the aqueduct's canal boats and work with...
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    Thornbury (1878), p. 567. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal, UNESCO, retrieved 12 August 2009 Listed Buildings: Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Trevor, Wrexham County...
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    Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, of 1805, which carries the Llangollen Canal 120 feet (37 m) overhead. Less than a mile east of the aqueduct at Cefn Mawr...
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    network of railways, contributing landmark structures such as the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and the Ribblehead Viaduct. New materials made available in large...
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    the surrounding villages to popular local attractions including Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Wenffrwd Nature Reserve, Horseshoe Falls, Valle Crucis Abbey, Plas...
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    who was appointed in 2013. The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct was built by Thomas Telford in 1805 and is the largest aqueduct in the United Kingdom; it carries...
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    the river and canal is some 90 feet (27 m) (exceeded only by the Pontcysyllte aqueduct, an iron trough carried on stone columns, where the difference is...
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  • canal aqueducts and early suspension bridges. Many of these projects were collaborations with Thomas Telford, including the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and the...
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    accomplished, major building work ceased following the completion of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in 1805. The northern end of the navigation's mainline ended 16...
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    built of stone in a classical style. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is an iron trough on tall stone piers. Barton Swing Aqueduct opens to let ships pass underneath...
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    Castle and Town Walls Conwy Castle and Town Walls Harlech Castle Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales Northern Ireland...
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    three of the four UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Wales. These are Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal, the Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales and, collectively...
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    Llangollen Canal at the northern end of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct: the Trevor Basin is at the north end of the aqueduct. Until 1965, the village had a railway...
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    boundary of Tŷ Mawr Country Park and is around a mile downstream of Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. The viaduct is listed by Cadw as the "Cefn (Newbridge) Viaduct"...
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    Wales: The Castles and Town Walls of King Edward I in Gwynedd; Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal; the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape; and The Slate Landscape...
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    multiple listed buildings, scheduled monuments, and part of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2018, an estimated 1.1...
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    1796, upstream of Coalbrookdale, and also for aqueducts, such as the world-famous Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in North Wales, built in 1805, where both the...
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    Somerset Norwich Castle, Norwich Palace of Westminster, London Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, North Wales Portchester Castle, Hampshire Quarr Abbey, Isle of...
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    section of Offa's Dyke and the Chirk Aqueduct, part of a larger World Heritage Site including Pontcysyllte aqueduct, on the Llangollen Canal, built in 1801...
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