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Adrodd fel Amhriodol
Testun Gwreiddiol (Anodiad: EPW016447 / 186233)
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This basin, created when the canal was built c1804 and the railway c1839, held millions of gallons of canal and river water which was then pressured through the twin culverts beneath the railway embankment. The force of the flood water knocked out several bridges between the railway and Middleton town centre.
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