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Bottom Lock634 viewsAnother view of Bottom Lock on the Peak Forest Canal.
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Hollins Mill Canal Arm632 viewsThe canal arm to Hollins Mill. Marple Liberal Club and the Hollins Mill Chimney visible in the background.
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Bottom Lock629 viewsA very old barge at Bottom Lock on the Peak Forest Canal.
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Brick Bridge624 viewsBrick Bridge on the Peak Forest Canal. As it was in 2006.
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Lock No. 09620 viewsA rare postcard of a working horse-drawn boat at Lock 9 on the Peak Forest Canal during the early 1900s.
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Hawk Green Boat House620 viewsA hand coloured postcard with Hawk Green Boathouse to the fore and All Saints Old Church dominating the background of this view from the Macclesfield Canal with nothing in between! Postmarked 1908.
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Bottom Lock619 viewsA hand coloured view of Aqueduct House from Bottom Lock.
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Hyde Bank Tunnel618 viewsThe entrance to Hyde Bank Tunnel on the Marple side.
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Bottom Lock613 viewsA view of Bottom Lock with Aqueduct House in the background.
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Hollins Mill Canal Arm 1988602 viewsClose-up of the Hollins Mill Canal arm exposed during reconstruction of the Co-Op car park in 1988. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Waterside Boathouses600 viewsPostcard of Boat Houses and Swing Bridge on Waterside, postmarked 1916.
From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Bottom Lock House592 viewsBottom Lock Houseabove Lock 1 was originally the Wharfinger's House. This was a job similar to a Station Master on the Railways. New copy from Marple Local History Society Archives 18 April 2010.
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