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Canal Bank Failure at the Irk Aqueduct
Middleton The breach occurred in the early hours of Saturday 23rd April 2005 A breach occured here in July 1927 when the bank failed on both sides of the canal causing "The Middleton Floods" |
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1 The towpath along the canal from the Rose of Lancaster. general view of the bank failure. |
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2. The failure took the towpath.. |
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3 Looking up at the canal from the River Irk. |
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4. Closer in. |
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6..The Irk Aqueduct |
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