The lanny or Landslide

The lanny or Landslide The Cliff area Salford The area at this point is called The Cliff and known locally as the Landslide, because of the many landslips over the years.

The last serious landslide was in 1927, when a large section of land subsided taking with it part of the main road that carried the tramlines. Fortunately the slip was expected and trams and other vehicles had
been diverted from the road. The remains of the tramlines and the stone setts of the road can still be seen making an abrupt end. Unconsolidated glacial deposits along the riverbank at Brou

ghton have caused several landslides along the riverbank. The City Engineer's Department of the City of Salford recorded one such incident near Great Clowes Street in February 1882, and others in 1886, 1887 and 1888. In 1892 the road was propped with timber supports. The tram service along the road was discontinued in 1925, and the road closed to mechanically propelled vehicles in January 1926. Further slips saw the road closed completely in July 1933, and although no substantial movements have been recorded since 1948 slow subsidence around the Cliff continues to this day.

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Lower Broughton Road,The Cliff
Salford
M72EZ

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