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Bridge Water Canal.
Yes, my grandad used to be a foreman.of one of the barges on the canal, his name was Thomas Hayes, he lived on Wiven Place.
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Memories Of The Basingstoke Canal At Frimley Green
I have many memories of the Basingstoke Canal at Frimley Green. I used to swim next to the Kingsmead Bridge. One day I was on the parapet of the bridge, I was grabbing a branch and swinging ...Read more
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Growing Up In Grappenhall 1980s And 1990s
Having grown up in Grappenhall I've seen it develop with time, but its managed to keep its identity, even though there's been a growing demand for redevelopment in the area. Within the space of a few ...Read more
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Past Remembered
I was brought up at Sandiacre and lived in Gas Street. I remember playing on Bouyant field and spending many a happy hour fishing for tiddlers in the canal and the Erewash. Ater leaving school, I worked at Bouyant, Lace Web and ...Read more
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Barton Swing Bridge
Not in Flixton really - Davyhulme, I think. The bridge spans the Manchester Ship Canal, Eccles is on the other side of the bridge. The famous Barton Aqueduct carrying the Bridgewater Canal over the Ship Canal is obscured by the small building on the right.
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Once linked to the Bridgewater Canal, this view was taken near to Heath Road.
The unique Barton Swing Aqueduct was designed by Edward Leader Williams to carry the Bridgewater Canal over the Manchester Ship Canal.
This view shows the Barton Road Swing Bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal.
Lancaster's beautiful canal, with its magnificent sea views of Morecambe Bay, was originally the vision of the factory owners of the locality, who were eager to connect their mills with the national canal
The Bridgewater canal, built between 1759-1776, was a key transport network of the early Industrial Revolution, linking Manchester to Runcorn and carrying freight and passengers.
It was here that James Brindley lived while working on the Bridgewater Canal.
A delivery vehicle waits outside Henry Milling & Co's shop in this view from Lymm Cross towards the Bridgewater Canal.
Once linked to the Bridgewater Canal, this view was taken near to Heath Road.
The Packet House was a scheduled stop for passenger boats plying the Bridgewater Canal.
Taken from the canal bridge, this photograph shows Bridgewater Street, looking towards Eagle Brow.
Down below, on what was once marsh land, and an area known as Duke's Fields, is not only the Manchester Ship Canal but the Waver Navigation Canal and the Runcorn Docks.
The Bridgewater Canal was built solely for the transportation of freight but so many people came to see it that a passenger service was soon started between Warrington and Manchester.
The Bridgewater Canal flows through the pretty town of Lymm in Cheshire.
It was this canal, financed by the Duke of Bridgewater and built in 1761 by James Brindley, that was to bring about a complete change in the transportation of industrial materials and manufactured goods
Bypassed by the Bridgewater canal, the cobbled village centre has retained much of its quaint atmosphere.
The Bridgewater Canal flows through the pretty town of Lymm in Cheshire.
The Bridgewater Canal flows through the pretty town of Lymm in Cheshire.
Our photographer is standing on Doctors Bridge over the Bridgewater Canal, and High Street runs left and right from the top of the square.
This view shows the two bridges at Barton upon Irwell both swung to let the paddle steamer 'Ivanhoe' pass.
Bridgwater was an important port, with railway docks and the terminus of the Taunton and Bridgwater Canal.
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