The Culverts Of Bacup, Lancashire - May 2009

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Decided to finally get to Bacup to have a mooch at the River Irwell Culverts.

They take the river under the town centre for around 3/4km.

A couple of brooks run into the main culvert via their own little culvert system.

Mostly a mixture of stone and brick arch design.
There's allso a new concrete stretch where the culvert was opened for repair not long ago.

A great afternoon underground and finally ticked off the list :)




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Downriver was a small culvert where the River goes under the aptly named "River Street".

This was only around 167metres long, but it killed a bit of time.

Stone arched all the way, with some parts lined with concrete.




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