Bredbury and Romiley : Otterspool Bridge
Introduction
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Bredbury and Romiley : Otterspool Bridge
Image: © Ken Bagnall Taken: 9 Sep 2009
At the sale of the Bredbury estate in 1825, an area lying along the River Goyt was purchased by a Mr Marsden, who built a weir at Otterspool and planned to use water power to develop the valley from there to New Bridge as an industrial estate. However, he failed to secure the water rights. and by the time the lengthy legal proceedings were completed water power had been superseded by steam power.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.401744
Longitude
-2.096821