Preston, Old Tram Bridge 1893
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In 1792, a company was formed by Lancaster merchants; they saw a canal as a way of getting cheap coal from Wigan and getting other goods out to the towns in the heart of Lancashire, and to the growing industrial areas around Kendal in the north. The first section of the canal, between Preston and Carnforth, opened in 1797. A twelve-mile section from south of the Ribble to near Wigan opened around 1780. In 1800, with the canal at north Preston, the company ran out of money. The aqueduct over the River Ribble was put on hold, and a cheaper alternative, a tramway between the north and south sections, was built. Here we see the tram bridge, which was built in 1803. By this time, the southern section of the canal had been sold to the Leeds & Liverpool Canal Company and the northern section to the London and North Western Railway Company. Trams had ceased running over this bridge in 1879.
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