Garstang, The Canal Wharf c.1955
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More about this scene
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 network via the Bridgewater. Stone, slate and lime would be carried from the north, and Wigan coal from the south. By 1819 the designer John Rennie had constructed a canal from Kendal in the north down to Wigan, a canal remarkable for the ingenuity of its design.
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