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Canal View470 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 Tunnel468 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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Towpath Wall Repairs466 viewsTowpath wall repairs, from the Marple Civic Society Archives. The gentleman in this picture is the late Dr. Cyril Boucher, a member of the Peak Forest Canal Society who is now commemorated at the Marple Aqueduct.
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Lock No. 11465 viewsLock 11 on the Peak Forest Canal.
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Top Lock House 1978465 viewsTop Lock House, from the Marple Civic Society Archives, dated 1978.
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Top Lock464 viewsA view of Top lock from a fuzzy slide.
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Glen Cottage461 viewsGlen Cottage at Lock 6. The only picture we've seen of it from this side.
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Bottom Lock459 viewsBridge no. 16 at Bottom Lock with Viaduct behind.
From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Lock Keeper456 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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Brick Bridge 1978454 viewsBrick Bridge in disrepair, from the Marple Civic Society Archives, dated 1978.
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Top Lock 1967453 viewsThe boat "Rainbow" tied up at Top Lock in November 1967. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Glen Cottage452 viewsAnother view of Glen Cottage at Lock 6 before it was demolished.
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