
What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Cross Street Aqueduct, Froncysyllte, Llangollen Canal;Ellesmere Canal;Shropshire Union Canal as Aqueduct from the Post Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The Cross Street Aqueduct at Froncysyllte was built between 1796 and 1805 as part of the Ellesmere Canal, later incorporated into the Shropshire Union Canal system. Designed by Thomas Telford and engineered by William Jessop, it is a notable example of early 19th-century civil engineering and remains significant as a key structure on the Llangollen Canal route.
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Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0