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Canal buildings
Canal buildings
Photo: Andrew Gagg
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Item #: 30548
Dilapidated canal side buildings near to Wigan Pier 1965-68

Comment by: heartbeat08 on 27th May 2018 at 18:18

This is the covered slipway of James Mayor and sons, boatbuilders. Canal boats were repaired and built on the two slipways.Further along the canal bank is the engine repair shop.I was an apprentice there in the 1950s

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