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Cherry Tree - Johnson's
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Blackburn 59 -54 miles |
Rishton, Church, Hapton 59 - 71 |
Burnley 71-75 |
Foulridge Tunnel - Burnley Lane 82 -75 miles |
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Former Lancaster Canal South Section 47 -37 miles |
Burnley
Burnley was a cotton town. Raw cotton was brought from the docks in
Liverpool to be processed and weaved in the mills of Burnley.
The Bank Hall Colliery sent coal along the canal to the Whitebirk power
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Greenberfield -
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Wigan 37 -34 miles |
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Wigan -Burscough 34 -25 miles |
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Skipton to Keighley 99 - 109miles |
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Burscough -Maghull 24 - 12 miles |
Keighley to Shipley 109 - 115 |
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Melling -Bootle 12 -3 miles |
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Liverpool 3-0 miles |
Liverpool Dock Link | home |
Leeds 127.25 miles |
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| Colne Road bridge #131 | Bank Hall Arm | The Brun Aqueduct |
milepost LPool 74 miles Leeds 53¼miles |
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| bus station with towpath access | embankment near Tescos | Coat of Arms on Finsley Gate Bridge #130E |
Burnley embankment or the "Straight Mile" |
under Finsley Gate Bridge #130E |
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milepost LPool 73 Miles Leeds 54¼Miles |
mill | Manchester Road bridge #130B |
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| Manchester Road Wharf | rope guide wheel | toll house | covered wharf | covered wharf |
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| The iron work on the covered wharf was made by the same Liverpool iron foundry that made the beams in Blackburn | Manchester Road wharf | Celtique mill or Waterloo shed with chute to canal | Walker Hey Footbridge 130A | chimney |
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| Sandygate Bridge #130 | Slater Terrace and the chimney of the boiler house for Sandygate Shed | Slater Terrace | abandoned buildings | windows |
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Mitre Bridge #129B |
railway bridge #129A | aqueduct | M65 | mill |
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