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Hanging around to repair Marple Aqueduct

10th Feb 2012

Specialist contractors are this week abseiling 100 feet off Marple Aqueduct to remove vegetation and carry out repairs. The Grade I-listed aqueduct on the Peak Forest Canal is overgrown with ivy, which is damaging the masonry.

British Waterways’ vegetation contractors will also be cutting back trees and bushes that are hiding the aqueduct from full view.

Peak Forest Canal

The 200-year-old Marple Aqueduct is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, which carries the Peak Forest Canal over the River Goyt. It consists of three stone arches and was built between 1794 -1801.

Mark Ashton, contracts manager, British Waterways, said: “It will be a rare opportunity to watch the contractors hanging over this magnificent aqueduct to remove the overgrown vegetation which has built up over several years. The work that we are doing today will be the first step in safeguarding this important piece of local and national heritage for generations to come and it will make a huge difference to its overall appearance.”

An application to Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to carry our further works to underpin the structural integrity of the aqueduct is being considered in the near future.

Last updated: 15/02/2012

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