Bridge 123c

The weather wasn't so good again today but I had half an hour to spare while waiting for someone in Chester so I dashed over to the canal for another bridge in my Shropshire Union Canal bridge series. 

This is Seller Street bridge near the Mill Hotel. I was surprised by the numbering here as I thought it would have been one of the oldest bridges and have its own number.

While trying to find out something about the bridge I discovered a curiosity. There are rope marks in the metal on the side of the bridge which were made by the taut towline between the horse and boat repeatedly passing the structure. I had never noticed these before but when I looked closely at the photo I realised you can see them on the corner of the bridge.

Incidentally, should anyone want to see the whole series so far just click on the shroppiebridgeseries tag.