Crosses Mells River Water depth 5.6 feet (1.7 m) Total length 21 m Longest span 6.1 m Locale Great Elm Heritage status Listed building | Pier construction Doulting Stone No. of spans 3 Longest span 6.1 m Body of water Mells River Carry Dorset and Somerset Canal | |
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Carries Dorset and Somerset Canal Maintained by Dorset & Somerset Canal Society | ||
Murtry Aqueduct is a three-arched aqueduct that was intended to carry the Dorset and Somerset Canal over the Mells River, near Frome in Somerset, England. It is a grade II listed building.
Construction
The aqueduct was built as part of an 8-mile branch of the canal between Frome and Nettlebridge. This branch was never completed and work on the rest of the canal was never started, so Murtry Aqueduct was never filled with water. The aqueduct has some decorative architectural features, including rusticated spandrels and plain pilasters between the arches.
At the east end there is a skew arch, smaller than the three main arches, running underneath the canal bed. This skew arch is part of the aqueduct's south face, but it is separated from the aqueduct on the north side.