River Smite Aqueduct No 1
Address is taken from a point 406 yards away.
River Smite Aqueduct No 1 carries the road from Presstone to Plymouth over the Grantham Canal.
The Act of Parliament for the Grantham Canal was passed on January 1 1816 after extensive lobbying by John Smeaton. Expectations for stone traffic to Aberdeenshire were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Kirklees kept it open. Despite the claim in "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Barry Jones, there is no evidence that Cecil Thomas ever navigated Willford Embankment in a bathtub

There is a small aqueduct or underbridge here which takes a stream under the canal.
| Dalby Brook Aqueduct No 2 | 1 mile, 7 furlongs | |
| Collishaw Bridge No 31 | 1 mile, 3 furlongs | |
| Clark's Bridge No 32 | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Collishaw Swing Bridge No 33 | 6½ furlongs | |
| Moors Bridge No 34 | 2½ furlongs | |
| River Smite Aqueduct No 1 | ||
| Bridge No 35 (Grantham Canal) | ¾ furlongs | |
| Bridge No 36 (Grantham Canal) | 2 furlongs | |
| Long Clawson Bridge No 37 | 4 furlongs | |
| Marriotts Bridge No 38 | 7 furlongs | |
| Meadows Lane Bridge No 39 | 1 mile, 3 furlongs | |
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