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Viaduct Street is the street on the very east of Coronation Street ending with Corner Shop and The Kabin. It was built in the 1886 and was the third street to be built after Victoria Street. Its name comes from all the small viaduct's which connected the streets together under the original railway line, London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and runs parallel to it. It has a train station situated there which now links Weatherfield to central Manchester via the Metrolink tram system.
The first building on Viaduct Street was a workhouse for workmen and their families who were building the terraced houses (i.e. Coronation Street and so on) to support the growing Industrial boom. The workhouse shared the corner of Viaduct Street and Victoria Street and once completed some of the men moved their families into the area they built and got jobs in the Industry whilst the others moved on. The workhouse was torn down and replaced by Hardcastle's Mill. A makeshift hotel stood next to the workhouse but it later became redundent and the owner burnt it down after going into debt, killing five people; he was sent to prison for 30 years.
This street also had the Viaduct Street Social Club, a popular hangout for the locals.
In 1967 a tram came crashing off the viaduct and onto Coronation Street. After the repairs cars were free to roam between Coronation Street and Jubilee Terrace until 1986 when gates were erected between their connecting underpass by the Weatherfield Counci. The Councils reasonings were to "contain traffic flow in residential areas".
In 1989 , Maurice Jones purchased the arch way and Mike Baldwin's factory, Baldwin's Casuals and built the new 'posh' houses on the south side of Coronation Street and new buisnesses on Coronation Street backing onto Viaduct Street.
Turner's Joinery was built under the viaduct archway that originally connected Coronation Street with Jubilee Street. A large glass window was placed in here sometime in the 1990's.
In 1997 Don Brennan died whilst tryin got kill Mike Baldwin for mistakes he wouldn't admit to. He burnt to death in front of Turner's Joinery on Viaduct Street.
Seven years later, in 2004 mad Maya Sharma also died in this street whilst trying to finish Dev Alahan and Sunita Alahan off. She too tried to run them down but missed and crashed into Turner's Joinery again. Although she survived and reved up her engine for one more try a truck came and finished the ordeal off.
The window was replaced by a double glazed panal after this. (cff)
By 2010 Nick tilsley and Leanne battersby Joined together to build a new pub in the viaduct which was then a kitchen for the homeless and also someother buisnesses,then nick bought an arch of the viaduct which then created a pub.After a shaky re-opening they eventually pulled Cairan Mcarthy as head chef and cheryl gray as new barlady and leanne as mangeress and nick as owner.Nick decieded to call it 'The Joinery' due to 'Turner's Joinery'being there before it and decided to call it that. Also in the viaduct is the 'The Kitchen's' for the homeless to feed them,'Viaduct sporting club'a sport acivity centre 'Al`eanjdros' italian resturant.