Lancaster Canal bridge, Maudland, Preston
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Lancaster Canal bridge, Maudland, Preston
Image: © A-M-Jervis Taken: 9 Aug 2007
The Lancaster Canal, which once terminated in the centre of Preston, has been cut back to Ashton, a mile or so to the north, and most of the abandoned section filled in or built over. However, there is still a small amount of scummy water under the bridge that carries the disused Deepdale branch over the line of the canal just north of Maudland Road. The bridge bears half a plate implying that it was built by Dallam Forge, Warrington, in 1883, when it was widened to enable trains from the branch to run into the main-line Preston station.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.76253
Longitude
-2.71109