I've shown this bridge, along the canal in Shipley, before. I think it's a good subject for photos, with its sweeping curves and all the different textures of the water, foliage, stonework and setts (the large cobbles that surface the pathway). It looks good in mono but in this picture I wanted to retain the russet beech leaves in their autumn glory.
Bridge number 208 on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, it's known as Junction Bridge. It dates back to 1774, when the Bradford Branch canal was opened here, an offshoot of the main canal that allowed boats to travel right down into the industrial heart of Bradford. The bridge allowed horses towing boats to pass from one canal towpath to the other. Beset with problems due to the water quality, the Bradford canal was declared a public health hazard and closed in 1866; reopening, with an improved water supply four years later, it finally closed in 1922 and has since been filled in.
I love the organic curves of those old canal bridges.
ReplyDeleteThe Bradford Branch was bought by the Aire & Calder Navigation as they had a customer named Pearson who wished to trade up to Bradford. The several steam pumps then installed to pump Leeds and Liverpool Canal water up the Bradford Branch proved expensive leading to its permanent closure in 1922.
ReplyDeleteIt is quite graceful.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful composition!
ReplyDeleteThose curves were expertly caught, just the right place to see the water, the stones that have been built into a bridge, showing both the inside and outside of the construction!
ReplyDeleteThat looks gorgeous!
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ReplyDeleteThat's good news, Peter. Wishing you both well.
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