Penwortham
The Lancaster Canal was built to connect Wigan with Kendal but the central section, that would have involved an aqueduct over the River Ribble, was too expensive and a five mile tramroad was built in 1803 to connect the two canals. The arrival of the railways meant the canal aqueduct was never built but the tramroad struggled on until it eventually closed around 1864. The route between Preston and Bamber Bridge became a public right of way as early as 1872 and has been popular with walkers ever since. View north from Factory Lane on Easter Monday looking towards Preston along the long avenue of trees that line the old tramroad for much of its length. Map Ref SD 542275
Location: Penwortham
Original line: Preston to Walton Tramroad (Lancaster Canal)
Photographer: Mark Bartlett
Contact photographer: Mark Bartlett
Date: 05/04/2010
Image number: 28468
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