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.
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