Worsley Delph

TEP have been commissioned to offer proposals for the healing of Worsley Delph together with designs for enhancing get right of entry to and interpretation of this iconic web site, a part of that is specific as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The Delph has a rich background and become the ‘birthplace’ for the constructing of the Bridgewater Canal, performing because the portal among 46 miles of underground mine tunnels and the primary navigation. The web page performed a tremendous role in the transportation of coal into Manchester which fuelled the Industrial Revolution.

A very last layout has been evolved and they are running in the direction of a making plans software and detailed design to help future investment programs as part of the Bridgewater Canal Corridor Masterplan. Central to the challenge is to cope with the historic legacy of iron ochre pollutants from the underground canals and associated workings. This will entire the remediation work which has already taken area, which include the established order of a reedbed, which treats the minewater discharge and returns clean water to the Bridgewater Canal.