Marple Aqueduct
In 1860, damage caused by repeated frost heave after water leaked through the puddling of the trough had to be urgently repaired by Charles Sacré, chief engineer of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, which then owned the canal.A hundred years later, a similar problem was ignored by British Waterways (BW) and on the night of 9 January 1962 the outer face of the north-east arch collapsed.BW, supported by the Ministry of Transport, thought that it would be "a complete waste of money" to do anything other than demolish the aqueduct and formally close the lower Peak Forest and Ashton Canals.However, it was saved by the intervention of Geoffrey Rippon, the Minister of Public Buildings and Works, who facilitated an agreement whereby a sympathetic Cheshire County Council funded the extra cost of full restoration, over and above what it would have cost BW to demolish it, under the terms of the Local Authorities (Historic Buildings) Act 1962, which Rippon himself had steered through Parliament.The main contractor for the restoration was Harry Fairclough Ltd of Warrington, with Rendel, Palmer & Tritton as the consulting engineers.
CoordinatesOS grid referencePeak Forest CanalRiver GoytMarple, Greater ManchesterCanal & River TrustGrade I listedTowpathsBenjamin OutramRiver MerseyThomas BrownaqueductPontcysyllte aqueductquarryManchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire RailwayGeoffrey RipponGrade I listed buildings in Greater ManchesterListed buildings in Marple, Greater ManchesterList of canal aqueducts in Great BritainScheduled Monuments in Greater ManchesterHistoric EnglandNational Heritage List for EnglandMetropolitan Borough of StockportAbney HallBarnes Hospital, CheadleBramall HallBroadstone Mill, ReddishCheadle Hulme SchoolElder Mill, RomileyHat WorksHouldsworth Mill, ReddishHouldsworth Working Men's ClubKingston MillMauldeth HallMeadow MillMellor HallMillennium HouseMoseley Old Hall, CheadleNew Hall, WoodfordOld Manor Farm, MarpleNelstrops Albion Flour MillsPear New MillPlaza CinemaStaircase HouseStockport ArmouryStockport Central LibraryStockport CollegeStockport Town HallStrawberry StudiosUnderbank HallVernon MillWear MillWelkin Mill, Lower BredburyWoodbankAll Saints Church, MarpleChrist Church, Heaton NorrisSt Elisabeth's Church, ReddishSt George's Church, HeavileySt Joseph's Church, StockportSt Martin's Church, MarpleSt Mary's Church, CheadleSt Mary's Church, StockportOur Lady and the Apostles Church, StockportSt Peter's Church, StockportSt. Thomas' Church, MellorSt Thomas' Church, StockportAquinas CollegeBramhall High SchoolCastle Hill High School, OffertonCheadle and Marple Sixth Form CollegeCheadle Hulme High SchoolHarrytown Catholic High SchoolHazel Grove High SchoolThe Kingsway SchoolMarple Hall SchoolPriestnall SchoolReddish Vale High SchoolSt Anne's RC Voluntary AcademySt James' Catholic High SchoolSeashell TrustStella Maris SchoolStockport AcademyStockport Grammar SchoolStockport SchoolWerneth SchoolBramhall railway stationBredbury railway stationBrinnington railway stationCheadle Hulme railway stationDavenport railway stationGatley railway stationHazel Grove railway stationHeald Green railway stationHeaton Chapel railway stationMarple railway stationMiddlewood railway stationReddish North railway stationReddish South railway stationRomiley railway stationRose Hill Marple railway stationStockport bus stationStockport InterchangeStockport railway stationStrines railway stationWoodley railway stationWoodsmoor railway stationGrand Central StockportMerseyway Shopping CentreThe Peel CentreAvro Heritage MuseumEdgeley ParkGarrick TheatrePlaza Cinema, StockportStockport Air Raid SheltersStockport ViaductStepping Hill HospitalStockport Sunday SchoolCheadle Heath railway stationCheadle Lower MillCheadle LNW railway stationCheadle North railway stationGreen LaneHazel Grove (Midland) railway stationHeaton Mersey railway stationHeaton Norris railway stationMellor Mill