2024-10-28
of sidetracks and canals

1831 – Henry Pyall after Thomas Talbot Bury
Viaduct across the Sankey Valley

The Sankey Viaduct where the Liverpool and Manchester Railway crosses the Sankey Canal at a height of 70 ft (21.3 m), allowing sailing craft called Mersey Flats to pass underneath.

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