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E.A.H. Gardiner. Unpublished manuscripts on Waterways for Part-time degree BA/BSc Environmental Studies; Urban Development and Conservation AND People, Society and Landscape in Ireland
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Unpublished manuscript entitled 'Dereliction to Delectation - the Transformation of the Sankey Canal Corridor'
In this project the industrial history of the area traversed by the Sankey Canal is outlined and it is shown how the area was used for recreation in the past. The movement towards derelict land reclamation for leisure use in the mid 1970's is discussed and the subsequent reclamation processes involved in the transformation of the landscape are examined. The variety of current leisure usage together with the attendant problems and what lies in store for the future are all detailed and illustrated to give a full account of the resurrection of this dead and buried valley to a living and growing recreational resource.
1992
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