 The Mount Sion steam crane ( a depiction of which is used as the logo of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society ) sits rusting and unused at Mount Sion , on the Bury arm . One of the earliest surviving cranes in England , it was built some time about 1875 – 1884 for Mount Sion Bleach Works by Thomas Smith & Sons of Rodley and was used to unload coal boxes from barges into the yard below the canal . It was granted Grade II listed status in 2011 . 
