Bude Canal, Cornwall - October 23, 2006. View looking towards the Lower Basin from near the Sea Lock.

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Dutton Horse Bridge is a timber twin-span footbridge across part of the Weaver Navigation, near the villages of Acton Bridge and Dutton.

The bridge is located, between the Dutton Locks and Dutton Viaduct. It carries the towpath across a subsidiary channel used to regulate the water level, at the point where it rejoins the main river.

The bridge dates from 1915–1919 and is by John Arthur Saner. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building; the listing describes it as "an elegant structure in the functional waterways tradition".

The bridge is one of the earliest remaining examples of a laminated timber structure, and is also believed to be the sole laminated greenheart timber bridge in the country.

The bridge is constructed predominantly of greenheart timber. It has two spans, one of 100 ft 7 in (30.7 m) and the other of 101 ft 7 in (31.0 m). Each span consists of paired semi-elliptical timber arches of mechanically laminated timber, strengthened with triangulated timber struts, which also support the platform. The paired arches are braced by cast-iron struts.

The bridge platform is 8 ft (2.4 m) wide with a gentle arch. It has simple timber guard rails of the post-and-rail type.The deck was originally constructed of asphalt-coated timber slats. The central pier rests on two connected cylindrical columns of concrete-filled brick.

The abutments are built of brick capped with concrete copings; they rest on timber piles.The timberwork is painted white and the ironwork black.

Photographed from the Steam Tug Tender Daniel Adamson on its maiden public cruise to Acton Bridge from Ellesmere Port.

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A Virgin Pendolino Crosses Dutton Viaduct across the Weaver Navigation. Photographed from the steam tug tender DANIEL ADAMSON on her first public cruise.

Dutton Viaduct is a railway viaduct on the West Coast Main Line where it crosses the River Weaver and the Weaver Navigation between the villages of Dutton and Acton Bridge in Cheshire, England.

It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

The viaduct was built during 1836 and was completed on 9 December of that year. It was the longest viaduct on the Grand Junction Railway (GJR) and is an early example of a major railway viaduct. Its cost was £54,440 (equivalent to £4,620,000 in 2015).

The engineers were Joseph Locke and George Stephenson. The contractor was William Mackenzie.

The viaduct is built in red sandstone and has 20 arches. The base of the viaduct pillars are splayed to give greater stability and 700,000 cubic feet (20,000 m3) of stone was used in its construction. The first GJR trains to carry passengers across the viaduct were run on 4 July 1837. Steel masts were added in the 1960s for electrification. The viaduct is 60 feet (18 m) high and 500 yards (457 m) long.

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Photographers and spectators gather to photograph the historic steam tug tender DANIEL ADAMSON at Sutton Swing Bridge where the A56 crosses the Weaver Navigation. The tug was making its first public cruise - destination: Acton Bridge.

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Steam Tug Tender DANIEL ADAMSON seen at Acton Bridge after arrival on its maiden public cruise up the Weaver Navigation.

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