Runcorn, Swing Bridge And Canal 1900
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There were nine swing bridges over the canal, seven of them being where major roads crossed. Some crossing points not considered important enough for a bridge were provided with ferries. Some ferries were nothing more than rowing boats, while a few could carry one horse-drawn vehicle.

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Yea, I used to live in Brickfield Cottage just across from the swing bridge, and I remember carrying Nipper over that bridge with a compound fracture of his thigh, as he fell off the Wigs sheds, lol, we were borrowing pigeons from the sheds, lol.