Day 6 - Blackburn to Burnley 15.5 miles





1910 Blackburn Centre






1910 Eanam Wharf









1910 Corn Mills now Granada TV

























The photos above and below show the remains of the buildings alongside the north side of the canal approaching Church near Aspen colliery, which appeared to be old kilns of some kind almost certainly part of the Chemical works.


1909 Map














1910 Church Kirk Bridge














1910 Prospect Cotton Mill - Clayton le Moors





1910 Moorfield Colliery
















1910 Hapton




















1910 Gannow Tunnel, Burnley

Here the canal ended for walkers at the Gannow tunnel, at the bottom of the old Yutefield Mill. The canal continues through the tunnel in a north-easterly direction for half a kilometre before finally coming out at the top end of Tunnel Street and winding its way down to the town centre.

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