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A small stone bridge over the river near Holmes Chapel, Hermitage Bridge, was built in 1772 by a local ironmaster. Some years the river floods widely across the meadows here. Nearby a tall red brick railway viaduct, built in 1841, spans the broad Dane Valley between Holmes Chapel and
Twemlow. It has
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In 1451 when the River Dane flooded in
Congleton, it destroyed the town's corn mill, half of the timber-framed buildings and the wooden bridge over the river. To prevent it happening again, the river was diverted away from the town. Congleton's textile industry grew from the 14th century, with many
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Reading downstream, the following crossings are all designated listed buildings or scheduled monuments: Dane Bridge, Hug Bridge, Lymford Bridge (early 19th century), Dane
Aqueduct over the
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23 arches and is Grade II listed. It crosses the River Dane at
Saltersford, where Cheshire salt traders once drove their horse-drawn carts through a ford along the toll road.
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The River Dane is the longest, cleanest and thought to be the fastest flowing river through
Cheshire. The route of the Dane is followed as closely as possible by the
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Journey
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1425:Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Dane",
1376:(1830), Congleton Railway Viaduct (
1352:Twemlow Viaduct over the River Dane
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