Will Doyle Manchester community Rowing Love Duke UPS Тикеры Traffic Will Doyle Manchester

The idyllic Greater Manchester street nobody wants to leave - with one negative

Reading now: 680
manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Amid the mansions in one of Greater Manchester's leafiest suburbs sits a row of pristine white cottages with a little-known history.

The picturesque properties that make up The Crescent, in Worsley, were once home to the workers who kickstarted the Industrial Revolution.

When the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater commissioned a canal to transport coal from his mines to central Manchester's industrial heartlands, he realised those working on the ambitious project would need places to live. READ MORE: 'My caring, happy daughter died...

it's like a nightmare' Linked to the duke's collieries by an underground tunnel at Worsley Delph, the construction of the Bridgewater Canal in 1761 is said to have increased the pace and momentum of the Industrial Revolution, shaping the future of Manchester and the world.

Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The website celebsbar.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA