Swanky pedestrian Lifting Bridge – Manchester Ship Canal
Trafford Road bridge.
Almost forgotten footpath alongside Manchester Ship Canal.
Once part of a busy water highway.
Overgrown vegetation hiding mooring bollards all along the canal.
The narrow Bridgwater Canal briefly running parallel with the Manchester Ship Canal.
Bridgewater Canal is the first canal built in England during the industrial revolution.
The slice of waste land is called Pomona Island. The land was originally known as Cornbrook Strawberry Gardens later home to botanical gardens and Royal Pomona Palace during the 1800’s.
It was almost surrounded by factories during the industrial revolution. When a nearby chemicals factory exploded in 1887, the palace was badly damaged and eventually demolished.
Although earmarked for high rise development it is a wonderful area for wildflowers,grasses, young saplings and wild life.
Rosebay willowherb and golden staff.
Feral snapdragon?
Iron Footbridge.
Cobbled road and metal kerbing.
Paving near the old timber lock gates.
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