Manchester Ship Canal and Barton Aqueduct opening to allow the Arkonia ship to pass through along the Manchester Ship Canal.
Barton Swing Aqueduct opened in 1894 and carries the Bridgewater Canal over the Manchester Ship Canal. The Ship Canal provided a major link between Manchester and the Irish Sea and brought with it the need to accommodate larger ocean-going vessels that would have been unable to pass beneath an earlier stone-built Barton Aqueduct that opened 1761, designed by James Brindley.
The current Barton Swing Aqueduct carries the Bridgewater Canal in a trough over the Ship Canal and swings by 90 degrees to allow passage through the Ship Canal. Gates at each end retain approximately 800 tonnes of water whilst the aqueduct rotates. The Swing Aqueduct was designed by civil engineer Edward Leader Williams who also designed the Anderton Boat Lift in Cheshire. The Grade II Listed structure is regarded as the ‘first and only’ swing aqueduct in the world.
This opening in June 2019 was to allow passage of the Bridgetown registered Arkonia cargo vessel, assumed on this occasion to be carrying cement from Premier Cement’s Salford terminal.
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