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Repairs at Lock 12379 viewsCanal and Rivers Trust carrying out repairs in December 2012. By Arthur Procter.
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Bottom Lock379 viewsA view from Bottom Lock with Aqueduct House in the background. Provided by Janet Holmes.
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Macclesfield Canal377 viewsMacclesfield Canal looking towards Eccles Bridge and showing All Saints' Church and West Towers. It says on the back that it was taken by Arthur Hulme in 1905 but the Goyt Mill was built in that year and there is no sign of it on the right bank. So the picture may well be even earlier.
From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Oldknow's Warehouse 1978376 viewsOldknow's Warehouse, from the Marple Civic Society Archives, dated 1978.
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Top Lock375 viewsA boat passing through Lock 16, Top Lock. Provided by Marshall Shaw.
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Canal Repairs375 viewsRepairs on the Macclesfield Canal while new houses are being built on Waterside, late 50s or early 60s. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Top Lock372 viewsPostcard of the Peak Forest and Macclesfield Canal junction.
From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Sunday School Outing 1905372 viewsA Sunday School outing at Brick Bridge on Mary, James Goddard's Marple narrow boat in 1905. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Glen Cottage371 viewsNice reflections of Glen Cottage at Lock 6 on the Peak Forest Canal.
From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Spring Bank370 viewsSpring Bank, on the Macclesfield Canal. Provided by Janet Holmes.
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Plucks Bridge369 viewsBy Ancoats Country Home at Plucks Bridge on the Peak Forest Canal.
From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Marple Wharf369 viewsThe milk has been delivered on a wintery Marple Wharf.
From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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