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Above: A publicity photograph produced by ICI, showing their works beside the Sankey at Widnes.

Below: Two of member Brian Bennett's photographs taken in the early 1970s, before sections of the canal were infilled with rubbish. First, the swing bridge over the lock chamber at Bewsey; second, Sankey Sugar Works, which was closed and demolished in the 1970s.

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