On the banks of the Sankey/ St Helens Canal
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On the banks of the Sankey/ St Helens Canal
Image: © David Long Taken: 4 Mar 2010
The line of stones is actually the stonework along the bank of the first true canal in England's Ravenhead extension. The canal turned sharply eastwards from just beyond the blue sign, and crossed the St Helens - Bolton road by means of a swing bridge just behind the camera position. It then proceeded across what is now the grounds of a High School, to join with the main line of the Canal above the old Double Locks (marked as 'Weir' on the map). The canal was closed above Earlestown in 1931, and the swing bridges mainly replaced with fixed stone bridges. Here the waterway was eliminated and its flow diverted into the Sankey Brook through a bridge under the road, just out of view to the left.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.458371
Longitude
-2.70931