Wigan town centre, Greater Manchester, England, UK. June 2014 Wigan Town Centre. Closed up pub in Wigan
Wigan town centre, Greater Manchester, England, UK. June 2014 Wigan Town Centre. Wigan Pier made famous by George Orwell in his searing condemnation of the calss divide 'The Road to Wigan Pier', 1937. Wigan Pier is the name given today to the area around the canal at the bottom of the Wigan flight of locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. It is a popular location for visitors and the local community in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, situated just a few hundred yards south-west of the town centre. The name "Wigan Pier" has humorous or ironic connotations since it conjures an image of a seaside pleasure pier, whereas Wigan is in fact an inland and traditionally industrial town. The pier was at the end of a narrow gauge tramway from a colliery. The wagons would be brought right to the edge of the canal to be tippled so that their contents went straight into the waiting barges. The original wooden pier is believed to have been demolished in 1929, with the iron from the tippler being sold as scrap. Because of the more recent pride in the area's heritage, a replica tippler, consisting of two curved rails, has been erected at the original location. The original terminus of the canal, completed 1777 Gibson's Warehouse was built in 1777 and is now The Orwell at Wigan Pier The former Wigan Terminus Warehouses were built in the 18th century and refurbished in the 1980s. Boats could moor inside the building and off-load directly into the warehouse
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Location: Wigan, Greater Manchester,England
Photo credit: © BRIAN HARRIS / Alamy / Afripics
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