TATA Chemicals Works Pipe Bridge No 3
TATA Chemicals Works Pipe Bridge No 3 carries the M4 motorway over the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Middlewich to Preston Brook).
Early plans of what would become the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Middlewich to Preston Brook) were drawn up by Exuperius Picking Junior in 1816 but problems with Polehampton Tunnel caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. Expectations for coal traffic to Bradford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Longfield power station was enough to keep it open. The Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Middlewich to Preston Brook) was closed in 1955 when Northampton Embankment collapsed. In Arthur Taylor's "By Mooring Pin and Lump Hammer Across The Wash" he describes his experiences passing through Southampton Inclined plane during the General Strike.

There is a bridge here which takes a pipe over the canal.
| Broken Cross Pipe Bridge | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Griffiths Bridge No 185 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| TATA Chemicals Works Bridge No 186 | 2 furlongs | |
| TATA Chemicals Works Pipe Bridge No 1 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| TATA Chemicals Works Pipe Bridge No 2 | ¾ furlongs | |
| TATA Chemicals Works Pipe Bridge No 3 | ||
| TATA Chemicals Works Pipe Bridge No 4 | a few yards | |
| TATA Chemicals Works Pipe Bridge No 5 | ½ furlongs | |
| TATA Chemicals Works Footbridge No 187A | ½ furlongs | |
| Basin Arm Bridge No 188 | 1 furlong | |
| TATA Chemicals Works Pipe Bridge No 6 | 1¼ furlongs | |
- Trent & Mersey Canal Society – founded in 1974 — associated with Trent and Mersey Canal
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![Eastern section, Tata Chemicals Europe site. The large plant [formerly ICI and Brunner Mond] is bisected by the Trent & Mersey Canal. Canal-users have no access to the works, but pipelines and workers cross over above. by Christine Johnstone – 15 September 2016](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/18/59/5185969_3501bf17_120x120.jpg)
![Industrial structures by the canal near Northwich, Cheshire. The soda works is seen here from the Trent and Mersey Canal, which passes through the large site. Several large pipes and other structures cross the canal. [[[2588236]]][[[2720720]]]The original Brunner Mond Company was formed as a partnership in 1873 (becoming a limited company in 1881) by John Brunner and Ludwig Mond. They built Winnington Works in Northwich, Cheshire and produced their first soda ash in 1874. Following many takeovers and mergers, including ICI, the company is a now a subsidiary of Tata Chemicals Limited, part of the Tata Group of India. (Information from Wikipedia). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnington by Roger D Kidd – 28 August 2011](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/72/07/2720742_b92b4028_120x120.jpg)

![Trent & Mersey Canal, near Lostock Gralam. Perhaps not the image of canal cruising that the hire companies would wish to present, but the reality is, of course, that canals pass through all sorts of environments including heavy industry. Here the Trent & Mersey Canal passes a chemical works now owned by Tata Chemicals Europe under a seemingly endless succession of pipe bridges. No doubt having the canal pass through the middle of the works is something of an operational inconvenience but the canal was there first! See [[2588208]] for some historical information. by Stephen McKay – 12 September 2017](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/54/27/5542734_dd785c72_120x120.jpg)


















