Wigan's lost link to the sea
Nicholas Keyworth explores how an 18th-century navigation carried Wigan's coal to the coast, and the river it left behind.

Nicholas Keyworth is director of Revolution Arts, which supports art organisations including the British Music Society.
Nicholas Keyworth explores how an 18th-century navigation carried Wigan's coal to the coast, and the river it left behind.
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