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Forum: General Chat 19-06-2007, 20:24
Replies: 115
Views: 3,452
Posted By WillowTheWhisp
Re: Bridges of Accrington(Historical)

I'd never noticed that either. Now I'm going to be trying to spot it next time I'm over there.
Forum: General Chat 19-06-2007, 14:15
Replies: 115
Views: 3,452
Posted By WillowTheWhisp
Re: Bridges of Accrington(Historical)

I believe the Haslingden canal was supposed to link the Leeds/Liverpool canal to Manchester but was never constructed.
Forum: General Chat 19-06-2007, 13:49
Replies: 115
Views: 3,452
Posted By WillowTheWhisp
Re: Bridges of Accrington(Historical)

Darn! You got there before me. I was going to say "No, but it might cross an aqueduct." :D

There aren't any in the Hyndburn area as far as I know though.
Forum: General Chat 18-06-2007, 22:30
Replies: 115
Views: 3,452
Posted By WillowTheWhisp
Re: Bridges of Accrington(Historical)

I've never quite known where Queens Rd ends and Penny House Lane begins. I tend to think of it as being the bend where Thorneyholme Road joins.

There's the other railway bridge too near St....
Forum: General Chat 18-06-2007, 22:16
Replies: 115
Views: 3,452
Posted By WillowTheWhisp
Re: Bridges of Accrington(Historical)

Penny House Lane goes over a bridge over the railway.
Forum: General Chat 18-06-2007, 12:41
Replies: 115
Views: 3,452
Posted By WillowTheWhisp
Re: Bridges of Accrington(Historical)

There's a swing bridge over the canal down by Express Gifts bottom of Dill Hall Lane. Do you mean that one?
Forum: General Chat 18-06-2007, 07:20
Replies: 115
Views: 3,452
Posted By WillowTheWhisp
Re: Bridges of Accrington(Historical)

Do you mean the old railway bridge near where St John's ambulance now is? There was also a kind of a bridge going across Ormerod Street from one factory building to the other (one which is now...
Forum: General Chat 17-06-2007, 23:26
Replies: 115
Views: 3,452
Posted By WillowTheWhisp
Re: Bridges of Accrington(Historical)

:D ....................
Forum: General Chat 17-06-2007, 22:47
Replies: 115
Views: 3,452
Posted By WillowTheWhisp
Re: Bridges of Accrington(Historical)

We could probably do with a Bridge over Troubled Water now and again!
Forum: General Chat 17-06-2007, 22:27
Replies: 115
Views: 3,452
Posted By WillowTheWhisp
Re: Bridges of Accrington(Historical)

There's a railway bridge at the bottom of Willows Lane. There used to be one near Scaitcliffe House but that went when the Manchester line went.
Forum: General Chat 17-06-2007, 21:58
Replies: 115
Views: 3,452
Posted By WillowTheWhisp
Re: Bridges of Accrington(Historical)

Does a viaduct count?
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