New Housing on Gorton Lane
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New Housing on Gorton Lane
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 23 Mar 2015
A new housing development on the former industrial land between Gorton Monastery and the railway. This site was first used as a Chemical works in the late 1800s alongside housing and a school and then In the 1900s a gas works was added to the site. In 1907, the chemical works was replaced by Crossley Motor Works, which expanded over time across the whole site. These works had also then closed by 1960, and replaced by warehousing (http://goo.gl/muxoVY planning application).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.467795
Longitude
-2.185094