Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal, Site of 1936 Breach
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Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal, Site of 1936 Breach
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 14 Nov 2010
The site of the breach, a short way east of the Nob End locks. Looking west from the canal bed, into the breach, which occurred on 6th July 1936, draining the canal of all its water. In the breach you can see the high quality massive construction of the canal wall and railway lines that had been used to reinforce the steep embankment can still be seen sticking out from the remains. (http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk/collections/local-history/archivesimages02/1940loc?term=photograph&s_tags=&sort_by=Title&item_number=393&b_start:int=0 and http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk/collections/local-history/archivesimages02/1941loc?term=photograph&s_tags=&sort_by=Title&item_number=394&b_start:int=0 contemporary photographs in Bolton Museum archives http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/mbb/mbbc30.htm another contemporary photograph from the John and Margaret Fletcher Collection)
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Image Location
Latitude
53.555104
Longitude
-2.371911