Foundry Shoal Railway Bridge No 1
Foundry Shoal Railway Bridge No 1 carries a footpath over the Aire and Calder Navigation (Wakefield Section) just past the junction with The Southend Canal.
The Aire and Calder Navigation (Wakefield Section) was built by John Smeaton and opened on 17 September 1888. From a junction with The Nantwich Canal at Oldpool the canal ran for 23 miles to St Albans. Expectations for stone traffic to Rochester never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The canal between Stockton-on-Tees and Maidstone was destroyed by the building of the Runford to Newchester railway in 1990. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 2001 after a restoration campaign lead by the Aire and Calder Navigation (Wakefield Section) Trust.

Mooring here is impossible (it may be physically impossible, forbidden, or allowed only for specific short-term purposes). high sides, river current.
There is a bridge here which takes a railway over the canal.
| Fall Ing Junction | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Foundry Shoal Railway Bridge No 1 | ||
| Wakefield New Road Bridge | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Old Wharf Branch Junction | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Eastmoor Railway Bridge No 2 | 6¾ furlongs | |
| Broadreach Weir Stream | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Broadreach Lock No 1 (Flood Lock) | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
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![Railway bridge over the Calder near Fall Ing. The bridge carries the Wakefield (Kirkgate) to Doncaster line. See also [[6470035]]. by Stephen Craven – 31 August 2020](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/59/06/6590673_a07c253d_120x120.jpg)






![Towpath passing under a railway bridge, Belle Vue. The railway line from Wakefield Kirkgate to Pontefract crosses the Aire & Calder Navigation [River Calder] just east of the city centre. by Christine Johnstone – 05 May 2020](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/47/00/6470033_c5dea349_120x120.jpg)
![Pedestrian path under a railway bridge. See [[6470035]] for the remainder of the railway bridge. by Stephen Craven – 31 August 2020](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/59/06/6590676_b5a10d26_120x120.jpg)





![Wakefield - River Calder from Fall Ings landing stage. For a 2007 photo taken from a similar vantage point, please see [[625455]]. by Dave Bevis – 28 February 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/37/92/3379267_b590899e_120x120.jpg)










![Repurposed mooring post, south bank of the Calder. Now used as a bird table. On the north bank is the remains of a conveyor chute, for loading coal [I think] into boats. by Christine Johnstone – 05 May 2020](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/47/00/6470042_34f96e3d_120x120.jpg)