The original Barton Aqueduct

This engraving, from Samual Smiles' biography of James Brindley shows a flat, the traditional boat of the Rivers Mersey and Irwell, passing under the original Barton Aqueduct

Photograph taken by Percival Skelton and was added to the database before Saturday the 1st of January, 2005

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