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Bottom Lock569 viewsBottom Lock on the Peak Forest Canal. This scene is virtually unchanged today.
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Hawk Green Boat House566 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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Hollins Mill Canal Arm563 viewsThe canal arm to Hollins Mill. Marple Liberal Club and the Hollins Mill Chimney visible in the background.
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Lock No. 09562 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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Brick Bridge560 viewsBrick Bridge on the Peak Forest Canal. As it was in 2006.
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Bottom Lock559 viewsA hand coloured view of Aqueduct House from Bottom Lock.
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Bottom Lock558 viewsA very old barge at Bottom Lock on the Peak Forest Canal.
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Hollins Mill Canal Arm 1988556 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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Bottom Lock550 viewsAnother view of Bottom Lock on the Peak Forest Canal.
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Waterside Boathouses550 viewsPostcard of Boat Houses and Swing Bridge on Waterside, postmarked 1916.
From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Bottom Lock535 viewsA view of Bottom Lock with Aqueduct House in the background.
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Bottom Lock House520 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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