e/Cosgrove aqueduct

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has glosseng: Cosgrove aqueduct is a navigable cast iron trough aqueduct that carries the Grand Union Canal over the River Great Ouse, on the borders between Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire at the northwest margin of Milton Keynes in England. The present structure was built in 1811, to replace a previous brick structure that had failed. When the present structure was erected, it was known as the "Iron Trunk". The structure has two cast iron trough spans, with a single central masonry pier. The abutments were constructed in masonry but have been refaced in brick during the twentieth century. The trough is wide, deep, with a total length of . The canal surface is about above the surface of the river. There are large approach earthworks about high above the valley floor and wide, with a total length of half a mile (800m).
lexicalizationeng: Cosgrove Aqueduct
instance ofc/Bridges completed in 1805

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