The infant River Irwell
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The infant River Irwell by Dr Neil Clifton as part of the Geograph project.
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The infant River Irwell
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 15 Apr 2009
This photograph was taken just downstream of the site of Irwell Springs Bleach, Dye and Print works. When this works (now demolished) was in business, the Irwell was already heavily polluted at this point with effluent. Now it runs clean here, at the start of its journey which will take it through Bacup, then down the Rossendale Valley to Rawtenstall, thence to Bury and on southwards to the great city of Manchester, where most of its water will disgorge into the Manchester Ship Canal and finally find its way into the Mersey estuary and the Irish Sea. To see a map of what this gridsquare (and others nearby) was like in earlier years, see http://www.nearby.org.uk/geograph/media/public.php?profile=139
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Image Location
Latitude
53.725387
Longitude
-2.192742