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Passing under the viaduct at Oxley on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal

RIBA Ref No RIBA50775
Architect/DesignerBrindley, James (1716-1772)
Artist/PhotographerDe Wolfe, Ivy
CountryUK: England
CityOxley
Subject Date1772
Image Date1960
ViewExterior
StyleGeorgian
MediumPhotoprint
Library Reference33724/4
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditRIBA Collections
SubjectCanals ; Railway viaducts ; Solitude ; Arches ; Reflections ; Bridges
NOTES: Engineered by James Brindley, the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal was opened from Stourport to Great Haywood in 1772 and follows the land contours through the valleys of the rivers Stour, Smestow, Penk and Sow. Built in the 1850s, the viaduct carried the former Geat Western Railway Birmingham to Shrewsbury line.
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