What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Marple Aqueduct opened 1800 architect and engineer: Benjamin Outram. Carries the Peak Forest Canal 100 ft above the River Goyt in a brick-built channel lined with puddled clay. Recorded plaque organisation: Metropolitan Borough of Stockport.
Benjamin Outram was a prominent British civil engineer and ironmaster; he is remembered for his significant contributions to canal and railway engineering, including the design of the Marple Aqueduct.
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