River Irk

E1672
river

The River Irk is a small river in Greater Manchester, England, that flows through the northern part of Manchester and has historically been associated with the city’s industrial development.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
River Irk canonical 7
River Irk valley 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
confluenceLocation Manchester city centre ⓘ
country England ⓘ
environmentalIssue historic pollution from industry ⓘ
flowsThrough Manchester ⓘ
Middleton ⓘ
Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale ⓘ
surface form: Rochdale
hasBridge Victoria Station railway bridges ⓘ
hasFeature culverted sections in central Manchester ⓘ
industrial heritage sites along its banks ⓘ
historicalSignificance industrial development of Manchester ⓘ
historicalUse industrial waste disposal ⓘ
power source for mills ⓘ
knownFor association with Manchester’s industrial revolution ⓘ
locatedIn Manchester ⓘ
surface form: City of Manchester

Greater Manchester ⓘ
Oldham borough ⓘ
surface form: Metropolitan Borough of Oldham

Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale ⓘ
mentionedBy Friedrich Engels ⓘ
mentionedInWork The Condition of the Working Class in England ⓘ
mouthOfWatercourse River Irwell ⓘ
partOf Irwell catchment ⓘ
passesNear Blackley ⓘ
Collyhurst ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
surface form: Harpurhey
region North West England ⓘ
sourceLocation Oldham borough ⓘ
Royton area ⓘ
tributaryOf River Irwell ⓘ
watercourseType urban river ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manchester → locatedNearRiver → River Irk ⓘ
River Irwell → hasTributary → River Irk ⓘ
Victoria Station railway bridges → crosses → River Irk ⓘ
Victoria Station railway bridges → crossesArea → River Irk ⓘ
this entity surface form: River Irk valley
Blackley → riverNearby → River Irk ⓘ
Middleton → river → River Irk ⓘ
Metropolitan Borough of Manchester → locatedOnRiver → River Irk ⓘ
Chadderton → river → River Irk ⓘ