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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

1162

Title

GOYT VALLEY SCENES WHICH WILL BE SUBMERGED BY THE STOCKPORT CORPORATION'S WATER SCHEME

Producer

Preston Brothers

Date

*1928/31-33

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

16 mins 47 secs

Description

The inauguration of Stockport Corporation's water work scheme in the Goyt Valley, on February 25th 1932. Alderman G. Padmore and the Mayor, councillor G. Penny, attend the opening ceremony. Excavation work takes place to prepare the valley for submergence. Includes footage of steam cranes, light railways and men working on the site.
[The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]

 

 



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