Castlefield Urban Heritage Park
Canal basin district of restored warehouses, viaducts and a rebuilt Roman fort at the cradle of industry.
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This guide to Castlefield Urban Heritage Park in Manchester starts with a single object by the canal basin, a giant lettered cogwheel, and the coal barges that once came in on the Bridgewater Canal. It brings in Francis Egerton, the Duke of Bridgewater, his engineer James Brindley, and the warehouse where boats floated indoors to be unloaded. Stand beside the wheel at the water's edge, with the rebuilt Grocers' Warehouse in view.
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