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Top Lock421 viewsA traditional canal narrow boat passes Top Lock.
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Lock No. 11420 viewsLock 11 on the Peak Forest Canal.
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Bottom Lock420 viewsBridge no. 16 at Bottom Lock with Viaduct behind.
From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Lock Keeper414 viewsThis gent, show here at Lock 9, was a Lock Keeper who passed away in 1978.
Updated from Marple Local History Society Archives 18 April 2010.
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Bottom Lock413 viewsA sepia shot of Aqueduct House from Bottom Lock.
From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Macclesfield Canal412 viewsLooking up at All Saints' Church from the Macclesfield Canal.
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Peak Forest Canal412 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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Canal View412 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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Top Lock House 1978412 viewsTop Lock House, from the Marple Civic Society Archives, dated 1978.
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Lock No. 03411 viewsThis scene puzzled us for a while but we now know that it was a small warehouse or similar building at Lock 3. The outline of the foundations can still be seen on the tow path.
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Top Lock 1967411 viewsThe boat "Rainbow" tied up at Top Lock in November 1967. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Aqueduct Refurbishment 2012-02-10406 viewsDe-vegetation of Marple Aqueduct begins on 10 February 2012. By Arthur Procter.
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