Alongthe route, engineers designed bridges to allow roads and paths to cross the canal, a tunnel at Hincaster to allow the canal to be routed via Sedgwick and aqueducts to carry the canal over rivers (like the Lune), streams (like at Stainton) and roads, (like at Sedgwick). The bridges along the Lancaster Canal were built to a standard design, except where the canal passed through a large estate, where the land-owner insisted on having a bridge which he felt was in-keeping with the architectural style of his property.
Where the canal crossed rivers and streams aqueducts were built, and these varied from small single span ones, like Stainton, to the splendour of the Lune Aqueduct at Lancaster. |
In order to ensure a good supply of water for the Kendal section of the canal, the Company had determined to build its own reservoir, and in 1810 purchased 86 acres of land at Killington Common, some 5 miles to the east of Kendal (se map). Water would be brought from the reservoir by means of a feeder channel to enter the canal at Crooklands. (pictured right)
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The reservoir, completed in 1819, has been enlarged several times and now covers 153 acres. It holds 766 million gallons when full, and has a maximum depth of 47 feet against the dam, which was built of clay and stone. Lying 750 feet above sea-level, and measuring about four miles round, the reservoir supplies up to 3.7 million gallons of water per day to the canal. It is one of the largest canal feeders in the country |
Sedgwick Village
Cumbria LA8 0JW |
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