Pontcysllte Aqueduct

Wrexham Town Council won through to the 'international stage' for their bid for World Heritage Site status for the aquaduct at Pontcysllte using See3D's visualisation of how Thomas Telford might have constructed the structure. Our animation has now been updated and rendered in full 1080p HD for inclusion in a BBC documentary series, Hidden Histories, describing the work of RCAHMW.

[@EM_IRA01]

As far as i can recall, the side sections of the arches are solid castings, and not the same open frames as the the two inner arch sections, with plates added, as shewn in this animation.
When an arch was replaced after cracks were found, one of the inner arch frames were erected at the Canal Museum at Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire. (Without the crossmembers, so the joints aren't quite right.)
Some other parts, including (as i recall) a complete cross member, a broken cross member, and some outer arch sections found their way to the Waterways Museum (was The Boat Museum) at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
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[@BD-bditw]

Thanks for this superb upload; so very worthwhile. Please do one on Thomas Telford's other masterpiece, the Menai Bridge. How did my TH-cam feed know that just two days ago I started to read a book all about Thomas Telford? This animation fits perfectly with what I've been reading.

[@sidonijahorvat4844]

This helped me with my homework thanks

[@bob0508evans]

Great animation BUT the River Dee doesn't run uphill.

[@saifalikhanpathan7729]

Thanks sir,wonderful

[@ibrahimlionel4995]

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[@arianfinnegan252]

@Ibrahim Lionel definitely, have been watching on instaflixxer for since november myself =)

[@gatlinidris3608]

@Ibrahim Lionel Yup, I've been using InstaFlixxer for years myself :D

[@TheIndianaJames]

Great animation! What computer program was used to create it?

[@alinogay9998]

ı think Blender+cycles render :)

[@jamesdavis5096]

It's a program called nunya.

[@spectralburst5258]

This is really good

[@ericlakota6512]

It take a good horse to go across this thing id get little shook up next to 2500 lb friend

[@sixfootpigeon]

I think generally, I seem to remember, they sent the horses down to the Bont bridge beneath the Aqueduct and back up to meet the boats on the other side, hauling the boats by hand over the Aqueduct itself.