Everyone should experience a trip over Thomas Telford and
William Jessop's awe-inspiring aqueduct, by boat or on foot. It is
a Scheduled Ancient Monument; a World Heritage Site; and a Grade I
Listed structure. The aqueduct, taking the Llangollen Canal over
the beautiful River Dee valley, is 1000 feet long and 126 feet
high. Such distances had never before been conquered, until
Telford's audacious decision to build it by laying an iron
water-carrying trough on stone piers. To this day, the joints are
effectively sealed using a mixture of flannel and lead dipped in
liquid sugar.
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
c/o Wrexham Tourist Information Centre
Lambpit Street
Wrexham
LL11 1AY
t: 01978 292015
e: tic@wrexham.gov.uk
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