2011
SD7806 : River Irwell, Radcliffe Bridge
taken 14 years ago, near to Radcliffe, Bury, England
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River Irwell, Radcliffe Bridge
Looking upstream from Pilkington Way towards Radcliffe Bridge.
The first bridge across the Irwell, at this site, was probably erected during the late Mediæval period at the site of a ford where, the Manchester to Blackburn packhorse route (now Blackburn Street) passed through the hamlet which became known as Radcliffe Bridge.
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- The first known photograph of Radcliffe Bridge, taken around 1854.
The first bridge across the Irwell, at this site, was probably erected during the late Mediæval period at the site of a ford where, the Manchester to Blackburn packhorse route (now Blackburn Street) passed through the hamlet which became known as Radcliffe Bridge.
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River Irwell
The River Irwell rises on the Rossendale hills north of Bacup and flows south for 39 miles before joining the River Mersey west of Manchester. It was a very important river in the development of industry, during the Industrial revolution, in Lancashire.
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