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History Boy recommends: ELAN AQUEDUCT

Normally I provide the story behind a location, but today we are looking at an artefact that is 72 miles long. What’s more, much as I want you to jump on your bike and head out for a visit, the vast majority of this artefact is buried underground and invisible. What a joy it is then, to introduce dear readers, the Elan aqueduct.

The layman often thinks of an aqueduct as a viaduct, but simply bearing a channel of water rather than a railway line. Not

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