Murtry Aqueduct is a three-arched aqueduct that was intended to carry the Dorset and Somerset Canal over the Mells River, near Frome in Somerset, England. It is a grade II listed building.

Construction

The aqueduct was built as part of an 8-mile branch of the canal between Frome and

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. This branch was never completed and work on the rest of the canal was never started, so Murtry Aqueduct was never filled with water. The aqueduct has some decorative architectural features, including rusticated

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and plain

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between the arches. At the east end there is a skew arch, smaller than the three main arches, running underneath the canal bed. This skew arch is part of the aqueduct's south face, but it is separated from the aqueduct on the north side.

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Construction

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