River Irk

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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.

Aliases (1)

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 → 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	City of Manchester → Greater Manchester → 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 → Harpurhey →
region	North West England →
sourceLocation	Oldham borough → Royton area →
tributaryOf	River Irwell →
watercourseType	urban river →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chadderton → Middleton →	river
Victoria Station railway bridges →	crosses
Victoria Station railway bridges ("River Irk valley") →	crossesArea
River Irwell →	hasTributary
Manchester →	locatedNearRiver
Metropolitan Borough of Manchester →	locatedOnRiver
Blackley →	riverNearby