Meccano Bridge

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The six-tonne bridge, costing around £90,000 and funded as a "work of public art", was designed by Fallowfield-based public artist Liam Curtin. It was constructed in 2012, using 400 scaled-up giant-sized pieces of Meccano together with 700 nuts and bolts. It replaces a wooden bridge which collapsed around 50 years ago. The original bridge was used by horses crossing from the Bury arm of the canal to the Bolton arm over the top lock at Nob End. The original walls and abutments have been restored using bricks from a recently demolished workshop nearby. -Adapted from Geograph.

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1) www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3444696
2) www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3444697
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Bolton_&_Bury_Canal#Restoration
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Coordinates:   53°33'15"N   2°22'29"W
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