EPW059533 ENGLAND (1938). The Cherry Tree Machine Works and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Blackburn, 1938

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Title [EPW059533] The Cherry Tree Machine Works and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Blackburn, 1938
Reference EPW059533
Date 22-September-1938
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Place name BLACKBURN
Parish LIVESEY
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 365925, 426288
Longitude / Latitude -2.5165714892517, 53.731649112888
National Grid Reference SD659263

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Now a housing estate

totoro
Monday 20th of January 2014 06:37:35 PM

totoro
Monday 20th of January 2014 06:36:18 PM
Leeds and Liverpool Canal: Connects Leeds to Liverpool over a distance of 127 miles (204 km), it crosses the Pennines, and includes 91 locks on the main line. A commencement ceremony was held at Halsall, north of Liverpool on 5 November 1770. The canal took almost 40 years to complete- the main line of the canal was thus completed in 1816. A connection to Manchester took place in 1820- however the Bridgewater Canal having been built for boats of 72 feet whilst the Leeds and Liverpool was for boats of 62feet, the locks to Liverpool were extended in 1822 to allow the longer boats from Manchester to pass through.

totoro
Monday 20th of January 2014 06:27:11 PM