This page shows a selection of older photographs showing the Rochdale Canal in Manchester. They have been carefully matched with more recent images showing the same location from as near as possible a similar viewpoint.
Move your mouse pointer over each photo to show a post-restoration image of the location. (This required CSS to be enabled, which it usually is.)
Looking towards Lock 89, Tib Lock, Rochdale Canal. (CSS needed to view these images)
Looking towards Lock 89, Tib Lock, Rochdale Canal. (Archive photo: Adrian Shaw 1993)
Canal Street, looking towards Sackville Street, Rochdale Canal. (CSS needed to view these images)
Canal Street, looking towards Sackville Street, Rochdale Canal. (Archive photo: Adrian Shaw 1993)
Canal Street and Lock 86, Rochdale Canal. (CSS needed to view these images)
Canal Street and Lock 86, Rochdale Canal. (Archive photo: Adrian Shaw 1993)
Lock 85, Piccadilly Lock, Rochdale Canal. (CSS needed to view these images)
Lock 85, Piccadilly Lock, Rochdale Canal. (Archive photo: Adrian Shaw 1993)
Lock 84, Dale Street, Rochdale Canal. (CSS needed to view these images)
Lock 84, Dale Street, Rochdale Canal. (Archive photo: Adrian Shaw 1993)
Brownsfield Lock 83, Rochdale Canal. (CSS needed to view these images)
Brownsfield Lock 83, Rochdale Canal. (Archive photo: Adrian Shaw 1993)
Brownsfield Mill and Great Ancoats Street Bridge, Rochdale Canal. (CSS needed to view these images)
Brownsfield Mill and Great Ancoats Street Bridge, Rochdale Canal. (Archive photo: Adrian Shaw 1993)
Kitty Footbridge, Ancoats, Rochdale Canal. (CSS needed to view these images)
Kitty Footbridge, Ancoats, Rochdale Canal. (Archive photo: Adrian Shaw 1993)
More archive images will appear here before long.
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