Old Trafford Bridge Plaque
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Old Trafford Bridge Plaque
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 14 May 2015
Before the Manchester Ship Canal was built, the course of the River Irwell was approx. 50-100 yards further north of where the Ship Canal now passes under Trafford Road. This plaque is next to a pedestrian tunnel under Trafford Road, roughly on the line of the old navigation. The plaque indicates the site of the Old Trafford Bridge, opened by the Mayor of Salford, Mr. Alderman F.H. Walmsley on 7th November 1878 (pre-dating the Ship Canal by sixteen years).
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Image Location
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53.466612
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-2.284055