The Salt Line crossing a minor road
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The Salt Line crossing a minor road
Image: © Trevor Littlewood Taken: 22 Dec 2022
A section of a disused railway line north of Alsager, now in use as a footpath. The route is known as the Salt Line and is part of the Wheelock Branch line which as a railway carried salt and other goods from Cheshire to the Potteries; coal travelled the other way.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.117376
Longitude
-2.327914