Dry docks, Bridgewater Canal, Worsley
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Dry docks, Bridgewater Canal, Worsley
Image: © Christine Johnstone Taken: 22 May 2021
These dry docks are shown on the large-scale OS map surveyed in 1845. They were probably old then. The coal mines at Worsley were the reason for building the Bridgewater Canal in the 1760s.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.498349
Longitude
-2.378484