Entrance to 'The Railway Works', Fishwick Street, Rochdale
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Entrance to 'The Railway Works', Fishwick Street, Rochdale
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 4 Apr 2004
This is all that remains of the once-impressive entrance to the large engineering works of Thomas Robinson, called the 'Railway Works'. In spite of its name, most of the business of the works consisted of the manufacture of machinery for the textile trade.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.610762
Longitude
-2.148085