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Description: | Shardlow has an interesting history from the early stages of the Industrial Revolution. The 18th century canal port, with all its associated wharves and warehouses can still clearly to be seen. Originally a river port, Shardlow developed greatly with the opening of the Trent and Mersey Canal in 1770. Goods were transferred from wide boats to narrow boats and stored during this operation or while awaiting redistribution by road, in a growing range of warehouses. Along with this development came all sorts of other businesses and buildings to support the carriers, boat builders, rope walks, workshops, stores, stables, offices, workers' cottages and owners' houses. The decline of the Canal business brought different uses for the warehouses but the area remains remarkably unchanged. | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | North East Midland Photographic Record | Subjects: | select Please | Source: | Picture the Past OAI feed | Creator: | Nixon, Frank | Identifier: | http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/fronten... | Language: | EN-GB | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | Go to resource |
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