The remains of 'The River' public house on Palmerston Street, in Ancoats, Manchester, UK.

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A long exposure view of 'The River' on Palmerston Street, in Ancoats. Licensed in 1860 as a Cronshaws Alexandra Brewery house before becoming a Groves & Whitnall house. By the 1980s it was a Greenalls house and before it shut, a freehouse. Since closure The River has deteriorated badly

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Size: 4708px × 3134px
Location: Ancoats, Manchester, UK
Photo credit: © Matthew Wilkinson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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