Site of Clayton Junction
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Site of Clayton Junction
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 12 Apr 1981
This was the junction where the Stockport Branch led off from the main Ashton Canal, a distance of almost four miles to Stockport in Cheshire. I do not know the official date of closure of this branch, but I suspect it did not see any boats after World War II, although a correspondent recalls that it was still in water at least as far as Gorton until the early 1960s. The branch has now been filled in.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.480478
Longitude
-2.179122