Potato Wharf
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Potato Wharf by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Potato Wharf
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 14 Aug 2009
This oddly named street is adjacent to Canal basins at the original head of the Bridgewater Canal, and presumably derives from the fact that this is where agricultural produce for the city would arrive.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.47638
Longitude
-2.257302