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Ringley Old Bridge
Ringley Old Bridge is an ancient stone bridge in Kearsley, a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It crosses the River Irwell, linking Ringley with Stoneclough. The bridge has two large semi-circular arches and a third, smaller arch for the tow path. It is a Grade II* listed building, designated on 19 August 1986, and is also a scheduled monument. The bridge was built in 1677 at a cost of £500. It replaced a wooden bridge that had been swept away by a flood in 1673.
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St Saviour's Church, Ringley
St Saviour's Church is in Ringley, Kearsley, near Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Bolton, the archdeaconry of Bolton and the diocese of Manchester. Its benefice is united with those of St Peter's, Farnworth, St John the Evangelist, Farnworth and Holy Trinity, Prestolee. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
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Ringley
Ringley is on the east bank of the River Irwell near Kearsley in Greater Manchester, England. Its Anglican church is St Saviour's.
Ringley is linked by road to Stoneclough by the A667 road which crosses the River Irwell on Ringley road bridge which is a short distance upstream from the 17th century Ringley Old Bridge.
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Kearsley Power Station
Kearsley Power Station was a coal-fired power station in Stoneclough, near Kearsley, Bolton, England. It was designed in 1927 by Dr H. F. Parshall for the Lancashire Electric Power Company. The original installation was known as Kearsley 'A', comprising two British Thomson-Houston (B.T.H.) turbo-alternators rated at 32.25 megawatts each powered by steam supplied from eight Babcock & Wilcox boilers of 75,000 lb/hr. Further extensions became Kearsley 'B' (1936/38), with two more B.T.H. turbo-alternators each capable of producing 51.6 megawatts. Finally Kearsley 'C' (1949) was completed with two more B.T.H. machines rated at 52 megawatts each powered by eight Babcock & Wilcox boilers of 160,000 lb/hr. The station closed in 1980 when only 'B' station remained operational. The 5 cooling towers were demolished during the week of 14 May 1985.
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Kearsley Urban District
Kearsley was, from 1865 to 1974, a local government district centred on the town of Kearsley in the administrative county of Lancashire, England.