oldskool
03-03-2011, 10:52 PM
Visited with Andy_x and Hidden Shadow....Been waiting to do this site for some time .
Great northern
The lack of any direct canal link between the Mersey and Irwell Navigation (M&IN) and the Rochdale Canal meant that goods being transported using both waterways had to be offloaded onto carts and carried across the city, before being loaded back onto boats to continue their journey. This was costly and time-consuming, as well as adding to traffic congestion on the streets of Manchester.
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7832.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7831.jpg
In 1799 the nearby Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal company (MB&B) proposed to connect their canal to the Rochdale canal with an aqueduct across the M&IN. Due mainly to strong objections from the M&IN, who would have suffered a loss of trade, the link was not forthcoming.In 1805, John Nightingale was asked by the Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company to estimate the cost of a canal link between Manchester and Salford.
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7743edit.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7739edit.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7732edit.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7730edit.jpg
Nothing would happen until 1836, when John Gilbert was appointed as engineer. In 1838, just as the canal was being built, the Bridgewater Canal Company were completing their Hulme Locks branch canal. This provided an alternative route from the Rochdale Canal to the River Irwell, and cargoes from either direction could navigate onto the Irwell without the need to use the new Junction Canal.
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7758.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7751edit.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7749edit.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7744edit.jpg
Construction of the new canal was funded in part by the proprietors of the MB&B canal. The canal was opened in 1839. In 1885 the Great Northern Warehouse was built on top of the line of the canal and a dock was constructed to allow the interchange of goods. There were four large bays below the warehouse with two lift shafts to allow goods to be unloaded from the boats using the canal, and raised up to the warehouse for storage.
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7819.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7815.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7809.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7806edit.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7772edit.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7771edit.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7767edit.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/DSC_0457edit.jpg
Next two shots were takan with two flashes a mag light and a p7 ....still not enough light this place is hugh a revisit with more power is deffo needed......Thanks for looking OLDSKOOL...........
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7798.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7787.jpg
Great northern
The lack of any direct canal link between the Mersey and Irwell Navigation (M&IN) and the Rochdale Canal meant that goods being transported using both waterways had to be offloaded onto carts and carried across the city, before being loaded back onto boats to continue their journey. This was costly and time-consuming, as well as adding to traffic congestion on the streets of Manchester.
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7832.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7831.jpg
In 1799 the nearby Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal company (MB&B) proposed to connect their canal to the Rochdale canal with an aqueduct across the M&IN. Due mainly to strong objections from the M&IN, who would have suffered a loss of trade, the link was not forthcoming.In 1805, John Nightingale was asked by the Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company to estimate the cost of a canal link between Manchester and Salford.
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7743edit.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7739edit.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7732edit.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7730edit.jpg
Nothing would happen until 1836, when John Gilbert was appointed as engineer. In 1838, just as the canal was being built, the Bridgewater Canal Company were completing their Hulme Locks branch canal. This provided an alternative route from the Rochdale Canal to the River Irwell, and cargoes from either direction could navigate onto the Irwell without the need to use the new Junction Canal.
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7758.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7751edit.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7749edit.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7744edit.jpg
Construction of the new canal was funded in part by the proprietors of the MB&B canal. The canal was opened in 1839. In 1885 the Great Northern Warehouse was built on top of the line of the canal and a dock was constructed to allow the interchange of goods. There were four large bays below the warehouse with two lift shafts to allow goods to be unloaded from the boats using the canal, and raised up to the warehouse for storage.
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7819.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7815.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7809.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7806edit.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7772edit.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7771edit.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7767edit.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/DSC_0457edit.jpg
Next two shots were takan with two flashes a mag light and a p7 ....still not enough light this place is hugh a revisit with more power is deffo needed......Thanks for looking OLDSKOOL...........
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7798.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn350/traktor999/_DSC7787.jpg