There's still little sections of the old Irwell left in Irlam, one near the Boat House pub and a bit near Boysnope. The vast majority was taken up with the Ship Canal though.
Quote="Iain"I thought that Woden Street Bridge (Ordsall) was considered to be the bit where the Irwell ends and the Ship Canal Begins.'"
That's what I thought.
Although...
Quote="MotörRed"There's still little sections of the old Irwell left in Irlam, one near the Boat House pub and a bit near Boysnope. The vast majority was taken up with the Ship Canal though.'"
as the worlds leading authority on the River Irwell, I can say the the old course does infact run by the Stadium, the river does enter the Ship canal near the docks, but rivers have a habit of still having old watercourses that are fed by groundwater as that is the quickest way back to the sea. it is all part of the Mersey Basin.
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