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Hawk Green Boat House606 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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Lock No. 09602 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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Bottom Lock601 viewsA view of Bottom Lock with Aqueduct House in the background.
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Hollins Mill Canal Arm 1988590 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 Boathouses588 viewsPostcard of Boat Houses and Swing Bridge on Waterside, postmarked 1916.
From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Bottom Lock House581 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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Aqueduct Works568 viewsIs this an arial view? It shows the Viaduct, Marple Aqueduct and ruins of the Queen's Hotel and Aqueduct Mill.
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Marple Aqueduct and Viaduct567 viewsA fine image of Marple Aqueduct with the Viaduct behind, taken from the site of Aqueduct Works.
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Waterside Boathouses564 viewsBoathouses on Waterside, courtesy of the Basil Juda collection.
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Oakwood Mill563 viewsTote that Barge! Near Oakwood Mill, Romiley.
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Marple Wharf555 viewsIce breaking at Marple Wharf. The man on the right is said to be George Bradley of Stone Row by some but also John Edward Slater by others, so we can't be sure.
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Marple Aqueduct541 viewsA hand coloured scene of Marple Aqueduct and Viaduct.
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