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The Old Bridge onto Bridge Gate. The buildings seen either side have now gone. The house on the left of the bridge used to store their coal under the arch at this end of the bridge.

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David Fletcher and a team of volunteers creating a small garden as part of an environmental improvement scheme. It is now on the edge of a carpark.

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David Fletcher and a team of volunteers creating a small garden as part of an environmental improvement scheme. It is now on the edge of a carpark.

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Taken in the 1960s. The open shed building on the right has now been opened up into a small square with shops.

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Probably shortly after demolition to make way for the car park.

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Looking towards Bankfoot in the 1930s, Bankfoot Mill is right of centre.

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On the site of the ancient manorial corn mill and facing St George’s Square, where every Good Friday the local Pace Egg Play is performed, stands Bridge Mill. The present building dates from the late 18th century and was extended in the 1820s when a…

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Butler Lane lock, Lock 81, in Miles Platting.
6th April, 1908.

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West end of the tunnel at Gaythorn. 29th September 1899.

Considered by many to be the first canal in England, the Bridgewater was engineered by James Brindley for the Duke of Bridgewater to transport coal from his mines at Worsley to the growing…
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