Bridgewater Canal, Castlefields
£25.00
Castlefields in the centre of Manchester lies at the junction of the Duke of Bridgewater's Canal and the Rochdale Canal. There are restored wharves, fine warehouses and revitalised city centre open spaces, but most impressive are the Victorian cast iron railway viaducts which soar over the basins, most still used by local trains and Metrolink trams. The castle turrets on the far viaduct were an attempt to blend in with the historic nature of the site, controversial even then because the railways and canals obliterated a Roman site.

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