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Burnley - chimney pots on Hobart Street
As seen from the Leeds & Liverpool Canal embankment.
Image: © Dave Bevis
Taken: 26 Sep 2011
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Hunslet Street, Burnley
Image: © Alexander P Kapp
Taken: 6 Dec 2010
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Leeds and Liverpool Canal, View from Burnley Embankment
The Burnley Embankment, known locally as "The Straight Mile", carries The Leeds and Liverpool Canal 60ft above the town.
When the canal was being built here at the end of the eighteenth century, Robert Whitworth, the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company Engineer decided that an embankment, almost a mile long and up to sixty feet high, straight to the opposite hillside should be built rather than having the canal take a long detour following the contours around the valley, Although it was costly to construct, it meant the valley could be traversed by the canal without the need for two systems of locks.
Walking along the 60 feet high embankment gives dramatic views across the rooftops of the town to the surrounding hills.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 20 Mar 2015
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Former Branch No18 of Burnley Co-op, Thurston Street, Burnley
Image: © Alexander P Kapp
Taken: 6 Dec 2010
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Thurston Street, Burnley
Image: © Alexander P Kapp
Taken: 6 Dec 2010
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Burnley Embankment, Leeds and Liverpool Canal
The Burnley Embankment, known locally as "The Straight Mile", carries The Leeds and Liverpool Canal 60ft above the town.
When the canal was being built here at the end of the eighteenth century, Robert Whitworth, the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company Engineer decided that an embankment, almost a mile long and up to sixty feet high, straight to the opposite hillside should be built rather than having the canal take a long detour following the contours around the valley, Although it was costly to construct, it meant the valley could be traversed by the canal without the need for two systems of locks.
Walking along the 60 feet high embankment gives dramatic views across the rooftops of the town to the surrounding hills.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 20 Mar 2015
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Leyland Road, Burnley
Image: © Alexander P Kapp
Taken: 8 May 2007
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Houses on Belvedere Road, Burnley
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 16 Jul 2016
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The View from Burnley Embankment
The Burnley Embankment, known locally as "The Straight Mile", carries The Leeds and Liverpool Canal 60ft above the town.
When the canal was being built here at the end of the eighteenth century, Robert Whitworth, the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company Engineer decided that an embankment, almost a mile long and up to sixty feet high, straight to the opposite hillside should be built rather than having the canal take a long detour following the contours around the valley, Although it was costly to construct, it meant the valley could be traversed by the canal without the need for two systems of locks.
Walking along the 60 feet high embankment gives dramatic views across the rooftops of the town to the surrounding hills.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 20 Mar 2015
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Leyland Road, Burnley, Lancashire
Image: © Robert Wade
Taken: 23 Jun 2011
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