Cosgrove Aqueduct information

Cosgrove Aqueduct
Cosgrove Aqueduct
	The Cosgrove aqueduct
Coordinates	52°04′07″N 0°50′01″W / 52.0687°N 0.8336°W
OS grid reference	SP800417
Carries	Grand Union Canal
Crosses	River Great Ouse
Locale	Cosgrove
Maintained by	British Waterways
Characteristics
Trough construction	cast iron
Pier construction	Brick
Total length	101 feet (31 m)
Width	15 feet (4.6 m)
Height	60 feet (18 m)
Water depth	6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m)
Traversable?	15 ft, but in a Narrowboats-only canal section
Towpaths	NE Side
No. of spans	Two
Piers in water	One
History
Designer	Benjamin Bevan
Opened	26 August 1805
Rebuilt	January 1811
Location

Cosgrove aqueduct is a navigable cast iron trough navigable aqueduct that carries the Grand Union Canal over the River Great Ouse, on the borders between Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire at the northwest margin of Milton Keynes in England. The present structure was built in 1811, to replace a previous brick structure that had failed. When the present structure was erected, it was known as the "Iron Trunk". The structure has two cast iron trough spans, with a single central masonry pier. The abutments were constructed in masonry but have been refaced in brick during the twentieth century. The trough is 15 feet (4.6 m) wide, 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) deep, with a total length of 101 feet (31 m). The canal surface is about 40 feet (12 m) above the surface of the river. There are large approach earthworks about 36 feet (11 m) high above the valley floor and 150 feet (46 m) wide, with a total length of half a mile (800m).

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