EPW059538 ENGLAND (1938). The Cherry Tree Machine Works and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Blackburn, 1938

Footbridge

Signal Box

Cherry Tree mill, cotton

Up siding with engine shed.

Now a housing estate

Green Lane

Cherry Tree Railway Station To the East is Mill Hill station and to the West is Pleasington. There used to be a junction to the West of the station with a branch to Feniscowles, but passenger services ended in 1960 and all services ended in 1966. Currently there is an hourly service to Preston and Burnley.

Leeds and Liverpool Canal: Connects Leeds to Liverpool over a distance of 127 miles (204 km), it crosses the Pennines, and includes 91 locks on the main line. A commencement ceremony was held at Halsall, north of Liverpool on 5 November 1770. The canal took almost 40 years to complete- the main line of the canal was thus completed in 1816. A connection to Manchester took place in 1820- however the Bridgewater Canal having been built for boats of 72 feet whilst the Leeds and Liverpool was for boats of 62feet, the locks to Liverpool were extended in 1822 to allow the longer boats from Manchester to pass through.