A smaller arch on the Manchester bank of the river crossed a towpath, giving access to the Duke of Bridgewater's quay.
The venue is named after the Third Duke of Bridgewater who commissioned the eponymous Bridgewater Canal that crosses Manchester, although the hall is situated on a specially constructed arm of the Rochdale Canal.
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Cleveland House was re-designed in the Palazzo style by Sir Charles Barry in 1840 and the rebuilding was completed and renamed in 1854 for Lord Ellesmere, heir of the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater.
Robert Haldane Bradshaw (1759–1835), agent to Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater