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An iron works was opened in 1837, but it was the discovery two years later of ironstone deposits at nearby Shotley Bridge, and the opening of coal pits during the 1840s, that sparked off the town's growth

The masts of sailing ships are visible beyond the bridge, and a fine collection of rowing boats can be seen around the boathouse.

This bridge is a railway bridge, and is now part of the west coast main line.

But the site of the old bridge and the cottages in this photograph can still be seen nearby.

Furnace Bottom is one example, while Pig Street is so named because pig iron was transported that way to the Severn Railway Bridge, and then by rail to Gatcombe, Bristol and beyond.

Anchor Wood is a narrow band of trees with a pleas- ant walk overlooking marshy ground downstream of the Long Bridge and at the foot of Sticklepath.

The canal bypasses Fleckney on its eastern side; the photograph looks north east across Second Lock, towards Kibworth bridge and Bridge House, as the waterway winds towards Newton Harcourt

Taken opposite Lower Quemerford Mill, this view shows Marden Bridge and the Mill House on the right.

Normal operating practice is for the bridge and aqueduct to be swung clear of the MSC approximately 30 minutes before a ship is due to pass through.

This splendid branch railway ran from Ulverston to Newby Bridge and Lakeside at the foot of Windermere.

This was not only a freight line for the reservoirs, but also a passenger railway between Pateley Bridge and Lofthouse from 1901 to 1929.

A lane leads left to the church and manor house, and to the right is Burycroft, which leads to the medieval bridge and then Abingdon.

Roads pass by leading to Dunsop Bridge and Slaidburn.

When Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1953, the village erected a Coronation Bridge and laid out Coronation Gardens, which we can see here.

The photograph gives an unusual perspective in that the exit from the bridge and the High Street beyond appears to be restrictive for both traffic and pedestrians.

That bridge was joined in the 1960s by the dual carriageway box-girder road bridge and footway alongside.

Roads pass by leading to Dunsop Bridge and Slaidburn.

Nag's Head Island is in the centre with its hotel fronting the bridge, and Stevens's Boatyard are the white buildings to the left.

The bridge on the right is known as Burford Bridge and that on the left is Abingdon Bridge.

Both the new high-level road bridge and the old transporter can be seen on our photograph.

The signpost still points the way to Windermere and Bowness, Kendal and Lancaster, and Bowland Bridge and Winster Church.

Once a year the village would be packed with visitors; they came to lean over Paythorne Bridge and watch the salmon leaping in the River Ribble.

The town is now by-passed by both the A1 Great North Road, which crossed the bridge, and the Fosse Way (the A46).

A heavy storm in 1877 battered the bridge, and we see it in its repaired state in photograph 36076 (above).