Upstream in Rochdale

Image: © Gerald England Taken: 22 Sep 2016

Looking from the bridge over the River Roch Image This section of the river was covered over and tramlines laid in 1900. After the trams came the buses Image outside Montague Burtons Image, Williams Deacon's bank Image and the Regal Cinema Image on the left. The buses later moved to a new bus station now demolished in favour of a newer bus station. The Town Centre stretch of the river was briefly exposed, together with part of the old bridge, when remedial work had to be done in 1996 Image, but it was covered over again then the work was completed. Now new trams have come to town in the shape of Metrolink whose terminus is on the site of the first bus station. Plans to uncover two sections of the river and expose the historic bridge were drawn up in 2014. The work was finally completed in 2016.

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