Rose Grove Wharf and Warehouse, Leeds and Liverpool Canal
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Rose Grove Wharf and Warehouse, Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 6 Mar 2015
In the mid-1950s, a wooden coal chute fitted to the quay here to load coal from the opencast coal workings around Padiham. The wharf is now used as Rose Grove Services (Elsan disposal, Pump-out, Showers, Toilets, Water points https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/directory/1123/rose-grove-services - Canal & River Trust).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.789833
Longitude
-2.28229