Elam Wood 2 Aqueduct No 49 carries a farm track over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds) between Bournemouth and Nantwich.
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds) was built by Nicholas Clarke and opened on January 1 1835. The canal joined the sea near Blackburn. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Polecroft were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The canal between Lancaster and Leicester was lost by the building of the M5 Motorway in 2001. According to Cecil Yates's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Erewash Cutting is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.

There is a small aqueduct or underbridge here.
| Holden Swing Bridge No 193 | 1 mile, 4 furlongs | |
| Lodge Hill Bridge No 194 | 7½ furlongs | |
| Booth's Swing Bridge Winding Hole | 3 furlongs | |
| Booth's Swing Bridge No 195 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Elam Wood 1 Aqueduct No 48 | ½ furlongs | |
| Elam Wood 2 Aqueduct No 49 | ||
| Willow Bank Aqueduct No 50 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Leache's Swing Bridge No 196 | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Stockbridge Winding Hole | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Stockbridge Swing Bridge No 197 | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Granby Aqueduct No 51 | 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs | |
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![Tree not in the Canal. A follow on from [[7243955]] and the canal people had been along to remove the offending fallen tree. A few logs are left at the scene. They'll end up on boat stoves I'm sure. by Des Blenkinsopp – 29 July 2022](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/24/39/7243962_4a6037c8_120x120.jpg)


![Clough Beck, sinking in Elam Wood. Just above Elam Wood Road. The beck is a civil parish boundary between Steeton with Eastburn [left/west] and Keighley [right/east]. by Christine Johnstone – 18 February 2019](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/06/60/6066077_80f904e1_120x120.jpg)










![Leeds & Liverpool Canal towpath passing constriction on canal at Elam Wood. Ordnance Survey describe this structure as a dam in its description of a rivet benchmark levelled at 105.183m above Newlyn Datum and verified in 1962 on the edge of the canal at the middle of the constriction. [[7886992]] is a view across the constriction by Roger Templeman – 18 September 2024](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/94/81/7948180_b24c81fd_120x120.jpg)







![Barns at Elam Grange. There is an OS benchmark [[5635065]] on the near corner of the barn on the 2nd quoin above the track by Roger Templeman – 25 November 2017](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/63/50/5635066_09bc8aeb_120x120.jpg)


![Leeds & Liverpool Canal heading NW at Elam Grange. There is a canal milepost [[7886998]] in the left foreground. by Roger Templeman – 18 September 2024](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/94/80/7948062_85ef3e3a_120x120.jpg)



![Leeds & Liverpool Canal heading SE 107½ miles from Liverpool. There is a canal milepost [[7886998]] in the right foreground by Roger Templeman – 18 September 2024](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/94/80/7948038_051dcc19_120x120.jpg)