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Shropshire Union Canal
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Shropshire Union Canal
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The Shropshire Union Canal at Chester
Views showing the Dee branch top lock, Tower Wharf with warehouses and a moored converted narrowboat 'Stone', Northgate staircase locks drained for repair and the cottage at the top lock, Chester rock cutting with Northgate Bridge no 123G and Bridge of Sighs no 123H and houses backing onto the canal, Morton Brownes works near Cow Lane bridge no 123E, Griffiths Brothers canalside warehouses, a converted narrowboat moored at Taylors Yard near Tower Wharf where boats can be seen on the slipways, an elevator moored near the boatyard, a mill building near Sellar Street bridge no 123C and Chester shot tower and lead works near City Road Bridge no 123B
August 1964
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23 black and white photographs