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[bluesman56]

Otters Tunnel by Tony Via Flickr: Brotherton Park is in two sections, bisected by the Chester to Liverpool rail line. As the line passes over the River Dibbin, two tunnels where built for the river to flow under. Today one of the tunnels serves as a pathway for walkers. When the tunnels where built [c1840], otters where still native to the river. A report from “A Mr W.H Hatcher, manager at Price's Candle Works ( now Unichema Chemicals Ltd ) in September 1863 captured a fine male otter just above Price's Works but after a few days captivity the animal escaped. Another otter was seen, two or three years previously, in the Dibbin where the stream flows out of Raby Mere.”