Portland Street Footbridge No 29
Portland Street Footbridge No 29 carries the road from Cambridge to Falkirk over the Ashton Canal (Main Line) near to Castlecroft.
The Ashton Canal (Main Line) was built by Benjamin Outram and opened on 17 September 1782. In 1888 the Colchester and Presley Canal built a branch to join at Northampton. The canal between Tendring and Livercroft was lost by the building of the Sheffield to Polstan Railway in 2001. According to William Jones's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Longfield Locks is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
| Guide Bridge No 26 | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
| Jeremy Brook Footbridge No 27 | 6 furlongs | |
| Site of Factory Bridge No 27A | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Walk Mill Bridge No 28 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Dukinfield Junction | ¼ furlongs | |
| Portland Street Footbridge No 29 | ||
| Cavendish Street Bridge No 30 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Supermarket Tunnel (western entrance) | 1½ furlongs | |
| Supermarket Tunnel (eastern entrance) | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Ashton-under-Lyne Railway Viaduct No 32 | 3 furlongs | |
| Ashton-under-Lyne Junction | 3¾ furlongs | |
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![Squirrel on Bridge #29. I encountered this squirrel on a footbridge over the Ashton Canal [[3564728]]. by Gerald England – 15 July 2013](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/56/48/3564808_664afac3_120x120.jpg)


![Squirrel at Portland Basin. I encountered this squirrel on a footbridge over the Ashton Canal [[3564728]]. by Gerald England – 15 July 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/56/48/3564819_d87ea295_120x120.jpg)


![Grey Squirrel. I encountered this squirrel on a footbridge over the Ashton Canal [[3564728]]. by Gerald England – 15 July 2013](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/56/48/3564812_0f7db70b_120x120.jpg)


![Random on the Ashton Canal. Moored near Portland Basin [[5135981]]. by Gerald England – 28 September 2016](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/13/59/5135991_c38c1694_120x120.jpg)
![Canalside reflections. Canalside apartments are reflected in the Ashton Canal near Portland Basin. The narrowboat on the left is Amie-Lou. The second boat on the right is Lilith [[4154482]]. by Gerald England – 27 July 2016](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/05/29/5052940_615ee2b2_120x120.jpg)










![Waterwheel at Portland Basin Museum. The water wheel was installed between 1839-41 to power the hoists inside the warehouse ([[[3260161]]]). These were originally hand-operated but this became impracticable as the amount of traffic using the building increased.Water reaches the wheel via a leat from Portland Basin which runs across the front of the warehouse underneath the wharf. The flow of water is controlled by the penstock which was originally opened or closed from inside the warehouse. The water drained away from the wheel pit through a tailrace tunnel sloping down to the River Tame.The waterwheel was in a derelict condition for several years but was restored and rebuilt 1987/88. by David Dixon – 28 May 2014](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/01/23/4012318_25a5ce41_120x120.jpg)
![Portland Basin Waterwheel. The water wheel was installed between 1839-41 to power the hoists inside the warehouse ([[[3260161]]]). These were originally hand-operated but this became impracticable as the amount of traffic using the building increased.Water reaches the wheel via a leat from Portland Basin which runs across the front of the warehouse underneath the wharf. The flow of water is controlled by the penstock which was originally opened or closed from inside the warehouse. The water drained away from the wheel pit through a tailrace tunnel sloping down to the River Tame.The waterwheel was in a derelict condition for several years but was restored and rebuilt 1987/88. by David Dixon – 28 May 2014](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/01/23/4012323_ce5f2f1d_120x120.jpg)


