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Photograph of workmen on Lock 7	This photograph of men working on Lock 7. The picture perhaps dates from the 1930/40s	Unknown	canal marple locks lock 7	View
Photograph of Glen Cottage Lock 6	At lock 6 there used to be a lock-keeper's cottage called Glen Cottage but it was demolished during the 1960's. This picture is from the early 1900...	Unknown	canal lock 6 marple locks glen cottage	View
Photographs of before and after Lock 1 clearing 1967	These before and after photographs of Lock 1, taken from the 1967 Marple Rally of Boats programme, illustrate how badly the condition of the locks ...	From 1 Jan 1967 to 31 Dec 1967	canal marple locks Lock 1	View
Postcard Lock 1, 1908	Dated 1908 Aqueduct House can just be made out in the distance. Alongside Lock No. 1 is a private house called "Bottom Lock House", which was origi...	From 1 Jan 1908 to 31 Dec 1908	marple locks canal Lock 1	View
Photograph of a Packet Boat at The Winding Hole	This picture above shows just how incredibly busy these so-called packet-boats were before the railways took over. This is despite Joel Wainwright ...	Unknown	winding hole marple canal boat	View
Photograph Marple Aqueduct c1900	The Aqueduct viewed from the footpath to Watermeetings Farm around a hundred years ago.	Unknown	photograph locks canal aqueduct	View
Postcard 'The Aqueduct, Marple' c1900	This postcard shows a scene approaching the Aqueduct from the Narrows, in the early 1900's, with what appears to be the derelict shell of the first...	Unknown	canal aqueduct locks	View
Lock 12	Lock 12 out of 16 which make up the Marple flight. Each lock has a pond alongside to hold water from the next higher lock when the gate is opened,...	26 Mar 2003	marple lock flight pond canal lock	View
Lock 13	Lock 13 out of 16 which make up the Marple flight	26 Mar 2003	bridge lock canal marple lock flight	View
Lock 9 on Peak Forest Canal & Oldknow's warehouse	Oldknow built a warehouse on St.Martin's Road for the transfer of goods to or from the Peak Forest canal to or from road vehicles. St.Martin's roa...	25 Apr 1964	lock canal marple lock flight marple mellor mill peak forest canal	View
Top Lock cottages	Top Lock cottages are alongside the Macclesfield canal near the junction with the Peak Forest canal. Oldknow was involved in planning this canal al...	11 Mar 1964	marple lock flight marple canal	View
Arches over former canal spur	There used to be a spur of the canal so that barges could take the finished lime from the building on Strines Road to the main canal between locks ...	Circa 1960 Between 1 Jan 1960 and 31 Dec 1970	posset bridge canal marple lock flight marple lime kilns	View
Hyde Bank Hall and estate with their short history	Typed notes on Hyde Bank Hall and estate with their short history in relation to Oldknow	Unknown	oldknow document canal bridge canal hyde bank estate romiley hyde bank hall	View