Bridge carrying the Wigan-Manchester line over Manchester Road, the A577
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Bridge carrying the Wigan-Manchester line over Manchester Road, the A577
Image: © David Long Taken: 4 Jun 2009
Note the sign for Joy Mining Machinery sign - the former Gullick-Dobson Works, and the last vestiges of the coal industry in the area.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.538283
Longitude
-2.593253