Narrowboat graveyard

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Narrowboat graveyard

Image: © David Stowell Taken: Unknown

Due to subsidence caused by salt mining the Trent and Mersey canal has spread and formed several lagoons in this area. When large scale commercial carrying came to an end on the waterways many ex-working boats were simply abandoned here and left to rot.

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