Battle of the river Teme

Battle of the river Teme (Leominster canal and WW2 shenanigans)I wrote in a previous blog The bridge of a million bricks about the Leominster Canal and its total lack of success in construction. I also mentioned in passing about one of its other aquaducts being blown up. This is the result of some further investigation and a nice little visit to take the pictures. Anyone interested in more history on the Leominster canal should check out my previous blog (above) and the lovely Friends of Leominster canal. The bridge of a million bricks crosses the river Rea, but the Teme aqueduct unsurprisingly crosses the river Teme. Like its sister aqueduct, construction is of red sandstone and brick and just like the aqueduct over the Rea, construction was found to be seriously flawed and was shored up with metal supports in places. Teme Aqueduct 6 pointed supports Despite its flaws in construction, it stood largely without help from the time the Leominster canal closed, until 29th May 1941 and its…