Pickering's Bridge, Bridgewater Canal
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Pickering's Bridge, Bridgewater Canal by Stephen McKay as part of the Geograph project.
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Pickering's Bridge, Bridgewater Canal
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 29 Aug 2010
Although the Bridgewater was amongst the very earliest canals in Britain, it was built to standards that later canals failed to emulate - wide, lock-free and, wherever possible, straight. It is now exclusively a leisure waterway, but is operated by the Manchester Ship Canal Company rather than British Waterways.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.377795
Longitude
-2.525479