Old Swivel Bridge
Introduction
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Old Swivel Bridge
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 26 Aug 2013
It took me a few moments to realise that the ironwork on the far side of the canal is an old swivel bridge, and indeed it is marked on the 1864 six-inch map as such. It carried an industrial railway line, probably narrow gauge, over the canal. See Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.983383
Longitude
-3.747292