Path (Fitzgeorge Street) through Sandhills
Introduction
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Path (Fitzgeorge Street) through Sandhills
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 30 Jan 2015
Much of the red sandstone used for building in Manchester and the surrounding area, came from Collyhurst Quarry. The stone was transported the short distance into Manchester via the nearby River Irk on barges or rafts. The quarry is now disused and the area around it has been turned into a park called "Sandhills" http://www.irkvalley.info/sites/sandhills/siteinfo.html as part of Manchester City Council's Irk Valley Project http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/services_info.php?serviceID=2172 . This cobbled path was Fitzgeorge Street. It runs between Image] and Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.497485
Longitude
-2.221553