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Smallpox hospital

Posted on 7 July 2016

There was an outbreak of smallpox amongst Ship Canal workers.  An isolation hospital was built on the bank of the canal.  Read more about it here.

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News

  • Videos for Heritage Open Days 2024 12 September 2024
  • Wall Painting 28 December 2023
  • John Lindsay Lee Jones 28 December 2023
  • More WW2 soldiers 2 November 2023
  • ‘Creativity Unleashed’ 26 June 2023

Upcoming events

  • Wed
    23
    Oct
    2024

    Moore Telephone Exchange

    7pm for 7.30pmLewis Carroll Centre, All Saints', Daresbury
  • Sun
    10
    Nov
    2024

    Display for Remembrance Sunday

    All dayLewis Carroll Centre, All Saints', Daresbury
  • Wed
    27
    Nov
    2024

    Where are we now?

    7pm for 7.30pmLewis Carroll Centre, All Saints', Daresbury

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