{"id":2024,"date":"2017-08-03T08:29:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T08:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ladyteal.co.uk\/?p=2024"},"modified":"2017-08-03T08:29:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T08:29:12","slug":"barton-swing-aqueduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ladyteal.co.uk\/barton-swing-aqueduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Barton Swing Aqueduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry I have been \u00a0a bit remiss in posting anything.<\/p>\n<p>We have been down to Worsley, lovely place and the wonderful Barton Swing Aqueduct.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2025\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2025\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ladyteal.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1461.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2025\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ladyteal.co.uk\/barton-swing-aqueduct\/img_1461\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.ladyteal.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1461.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3888,2592\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Worsley on the Bridgewater Canal\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Worsley on the Bridgewater Canal&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Worsley on the Bridgewater Canal&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.ladyteal.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1461-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.ladyteal.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1461-1024x683.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2025\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ladyteal.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1461-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Worsley on the Bridgewater Canal\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ladyteal.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1461-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ladyteal.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1461-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ladyteal.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1461-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Worsley on the Bridgewater Canal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Barton Swing Aqueduct is the first and only swing aqueduct in the world. It carries the Bridgewater\u00a0 canal across the Manchester ship canal. It replaces the earlier unmovable aqueduct built as part of the original Bridgewater canal. The swinging action allows large vessels using the ship canal to pass underneath, the swing bridge opened in 1894 and remains in regular use .<\/p>\n<p>I have uploaded a couple of videos to YouTube of it operating, we were lucky when we got there they had it open and we watched it close.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LccO6gFY8xA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kNITOYgRHLA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry I have been \u00a0a bit remiss in posting anything. 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