Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal; Breach
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Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal; Breach
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 14 Nov 2010
The remains of the canal wall and embankment on the southern side of the canal, where it was breached in 1936. This picture gives an impression of 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
53.55514
Longitude
-2.371896