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ID: 700022646
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700022646
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1 2
Telford's Aqueduct (aqueduct; Telford, Thomas, designer; Jessop, William; completed in 1805; Chirk (Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe, World, Top of...)
Note: Located in: Chirk, Wales, United Kingdom
Titles:
Telford's Aqueduct (preferred,C,U,English-P,,N)
Chirk Aqueduct (C,U,undetermined,,N)
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
aqueduct [300006165] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, hydraulic structures, <hydraulic structures by function>, water distribution structures)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: completed in 1805

Creator Display:
Telford, Thomas, designer; Jessop, William [preferred,BWR]
Telford, Thomas (British civil engineer, 1757-1834) [500026120]
Jessop, William (British civil engineer, 1745-1814) [500779185]
Locations:
Current: Chirk [1064622] County Borough of Wrexham (unitary authority), Wales (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: +52.970556, -3.087778;
Display Materials: cast iron arches supported by slender stone piers
metal [300010900]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)
masonry (building materials) [300015332]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, building materials, <masonry and masonry units>)
cast iron [300011004]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>, iron alloy)
stone (worked rock) [300011176]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

Dimensions: Total length: 336 yd (307 m); Width: 12 ft (3.7 m); Height 126 ft (38 m)
General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, and engineering works
Sources and Contributors:
Telford's Aqueduct........ [BWR]
........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3724867
Chirk Aqueduct........ [BWR,VP]
........ BWR database (2010-)
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct........ [BWR,VP]
........ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
Subject: ....... [BWR,VP]
....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3724867
....................... BWR-14 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)
....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3724867
....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 71717
....................... Avery Index2: BWR Contribution (2010-) 675733
Note:
English ..... [BWR]
..... BWR database (2010-)
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