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Leawood Pump House (from an old postcard)
The cottage at the junction of the Nightingale arm, just south of Leawood Aqueduct, was built for the lock keeper but later became a private dwelling, and now, sadly, a ruin.
Leawood Aqueduct caused Jessop problems when he was building it and it delayed the opening of the canal until 1794. In the 1960s, before it was lined with plastic sheeting, it used to leak – which was particularly noticeable in winter. (photo – Frank Rodgers)
Looking down to the railway aqueduct at Leawood, with a double headed diesel-hauled passenger train heading north, the first engine being a Western Region Hymek - well off its usual stamping ground. (Photo – Geoffrey Sheldon) |
