Lancaster Canal Tramroad
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The Lancaster Canal Tramroad, also known as the Walton Summit Tramway or the Old Tram Road, was a British plateway, completed in 1803, to link the north and south ends of the Lancaster Canal across th
The River Ribble with the tramway bridge in the background
The concrete tramroad bridge across the Ribble
All that remains of the terminus of the South branch of the Lancaster canal
The tunnel under Fishergate is now used to access a car park
Bamber Bridge
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Bamber Bridge is a large village in Lancashire, England, 3 miles south-east of Preston, in the borough of South Ribble. The name derives from the Old English "bēam" and "brycg", which probably means "
Lancaster Canal Tramroad
…railway and that south of Walton Summit to be leased to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The act also allowed closure of the tramroad between Preston and Bamber Bridge. In 1872, a land exchange between Preston Corporation and the railway saw the formation between Preston and Carr Wood pass into municipal ownership…
Bamber Bridge Library
Top of the tower, all that remains of Orr's Mill, School Lane. This was originally the top part of the tower of the Bamber Bridge Spinning & Weaving Company mill, Wesley Street (image shown in this collection). A similar dome had adorned Orr's Mill.
These cottages on Withy Trees Road were constructed for the hands at Withy Trees Mill
Handloom weavers' cottages, Church Road