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Lock No. 09491 viewsLock 9 on the Peak Forest Canal as it is today.
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Lockside491 viewsA lock emptying on Lockside.
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Peak Forest Canal485 viewsA hand coloured shot of boating on the Peak Forest Canal that we already have in B&W - very Swallows and Amazons!
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Brick Bridge485 viewsBrick Bridge on the Peak Forest Canal.
From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Lock No. 15482 viewsLock number 15, on Lockside, looing towards Top Lock.
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Top Lock481 viewsTop Lock with Chapel House Farm in the background.
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Canal View480 viewsA view across the open spaces from the Macclefield Canal to All Saints' Church. The card is postmarked 1965 but the picture seems older than that.
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Horse Tunnel480 viewsDetail of how the ropes cut into the stone of the Horse Tunnel over many years of use. By Jim Graves 1960s/70s.
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Lockside479 viewsA view of Lockside.
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Bottom Lock Cottage 1978475 viewsBottom Lock Cottage, from the Marple Civic Society Archives, dated 1978.
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Glen Cottage473 viewsGlen Cottage at Lock 6. The only picture we've seen of it from this side.
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Top Lock House 1978472 viewsTop Lock House, from the Marple Civic Society Archives, dated 1978.
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