Macclesfield Canal in Marple, Cheshire
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Macclesfield Canal in Marple, Cheshire
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 5 Sep 2014
This is the position of a former swing bridge, but doesn't show in the current bridge numbering scheme. There is housing on both sides of the canal now. 1871 OS maps (revised in 1907) show the existence of the bridge. Can anyone suggest when it was removed?
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Image Location
Latitude
53.390351
Longitude
-2.063114