ANOTHER FAMOUS EXAMPLE IS THE COSGROVE AQUEDUCT ON THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL AT MILTON KEYNES IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. TELFORD PIONEERED THE USE OF CAST IRON IN BRIDGES AS WELL AS AQUEDUCTS, AND CAST IRON TROUGHS WERE WIDELY USED ELSEWHERE ON THE BRITISH CANAL NETWORK, ESPECIALLY WHERE A SECURE AND WATERTIGHT CROSSING OR BRIDGE WAS NEEDED. THE AQUEDUCT FOLLOWED TELFORD'S INNOVATIVE LONGDON-ON-TERN AQUEDUCT ON THE SHREWSBURY CANAL, AND WAS A FORERUNNER OF THE PONTCYSYLLTE AQUEDUCT ALSO ON THE LLANGOLLEN CANAL. IT POSSESSES A CAST IRON TROUGH WITHIN WHICH THE WATER IS CONTAINED, THE MASONRY WALLS EFFECTIVELY HIDING THE CAST IRON INTERIOR. THE AQUEDUCT WAS DESIGNED BY THOMAS TELFORD AND COMPLETED IN 1801. Robertson, Christopher Neil & Mike RutherfordĬHIRK AQUEDUCT IS A 21 M (70 FT) HIGH AND 220 M (710 FT) LONG AQUEDUCT THAT CARRIES THE SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL ACROSS THE CEIRIOG VALLEY AND WHICH MARKS THE BORDER BEWTEEN WALES AND ENGLAND. Tell you all you want to know (hang him by a.) Then stuck me to the afterglow (hang him by a thread) I hear it then I start to go (hang him by a thread) (You keep me hanging by.) I'm still hanging by a thread (You keep me hanging by.) I'm not finished yet You throw a length of rope, I grab, you hope (You keep me hanging by.) "Keep him hanging by a thread" (You keep me hanging by.) I heard it when you said (You keep me hanging by.) leaving me for dead (You keep me hanging by.) hanging by a thread And through the grief and pain, I'm half insane
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