Nothing stands still in 200 years at Ancoats
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Nothing stands still in 200 years at Ancoats
Image: © Christine Johnstone Taken: 9 May 2014
The Ashton Canal [foreground] opened in the 1790s and re-opened in 1974. The New Islington tram station opened in 2013. The derelict Hetheringtons Private Dining Rooms opened in 1889 and closed in 1999. The Vulcan Works were built as a textile machinery foundry about 1856, and converted into flats after 2004.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.48104
Longitude
-2.219056