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Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

navigable aqueduct in Wales
RiverBodyOfWater navigable_aqueduct Q158822
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
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Facts

25 properties
Instance of
navigable aqueduct, aqueduct[4]
Country
United Kingdom[3]
Official website
www.pontcysyllte-aqueduct.co.uk[15]
Location
Llangollen[10]
Part of
Llangollen Canal[12]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 52.970°, -3.088°
Architect
Thomas Telford, William Jessop[5][6]
Area
+105[24]
Carries thoroughfare
Llangollen Canal[26]
Crosses
River Dee[7]
Designed by
Thomas Telford[11]
Different from
Pont Cysyllte[21]
Elevation above sea level
+63.6[23]
Height
+40[25]
Heritage designation
Grade I listed building, World Heritage Site, scheduled monument[17][18][19]
Historic county
Denbighshire[31]
Length
+307[22]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Llangollen Rural[2]
Located in/on physical feature
Llangollen Canal[14]
Made from material
brick, cast iron[8][9]
Native label
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct[20]
Number of spans
+18[16]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wicipics project[30]
Start time
November 26, 1805[13]
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World Heritage criteria
(i), (ii), (iv)[27][28][29]
🏷️ Also known as
en Pontcysyllte Aqueduct en Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal ar قناة بونكتيسيلت cs Pontcysylltský akvadukt cs Pontcysyllte Aqueduct da Pontcysyllte Akvædukt de Pontcysyllte-Aquädukt es Acueducto Pontcysyllte es Acueducto de Pontcysyllte es Acueducto y canal de Pontcysyllte fi Pontcysyllten akvedukti fr pont-canal de Pontcysyllte fr Pont-canal et canal de Pontcysyllte fr Pontcysyllte Aqueduct he אמת פונטקיסילטה it acquedotto di Pontcysyllte ja ポントカサステ水路橋と運河 ja ポントカサルテの水道橋 ja ポントカサルテ水道橋 ja ポントカサルテ水道橋と運河
🔖 Identifiers · 17
VIAF cluster ID
315531348
Library of Congress authority ID
no2014154470
Atlas Obscura place ID
pontcysyllte-aqueduct
BabelNet ID
03145799n
British Listed Buildings ID
300001601
Brueckenweb ID
1907
Cadw Building ID
1601
Cadw Monument ID
DE175
Coflein ID
34410
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Pontcysyllte-aqueduct
Freebase ID
/m/025748
National Heritage List for England number
1000106
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SNARC ID
Bundesautobahn 270
Structurae structure ID
20000393
Vikidia article ID
fr:Pontcysyllte_Aqueduct
Vision of Britain place ID
25066
World Heritage Tentative List ID
1303

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Architect 2
Thomas Telford, William Jessop
Heritage designation 2
World Heritage Site, scheduled monument
Instance of 2
aqueduct, navigable aqueduct
Made from material 2
brick, cast iron
Carries thoroughfare 1
Llangollen Canal
Country 1
United Kingdom
Created notable works 1
Thomas Telford
Crosses 1
River Dee
Designed by 1
Thomas Telford
Historic county 1
Denbighshire
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Llangollen Rural
Located in/on physical feature 1
Llangollen Canal
Location 1
Llangollen
Part of 1
Llangollen Canal
SNARC ID 1
Bundesautobahn 270
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Summary

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct[1].

Related Entities

Thomas Telford United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net. cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net. cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . structurae.net. structurae.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net. cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net. cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Triedros · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 42
    Wikipedia languages → ['ang', 'ar', 'be', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', '
    World Heritage Tentative List ID → 1303
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  2. 16w ago · הנדב הנכון · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+63.6'}
    Made from material → brick, cast iron
    Designed by → Thomas Telford
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Native label: Pontcysyllte Aqueduct"
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