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National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port - steam pumping engine
by Chris Allen
for square SJ4077
This engine was installed to supply fire fighting water to three large flour... (more)
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Scorpio - National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
by Chris Allen
for square SJ4077
Built in 1890 for the Wigan Coal and Iron Company and originally named Helena,... (more)
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Innospec Ltd, Ellesmere Port
by Chris Allen
for square SJ4176
Innospec is a global chemical company, and its name is on the taller block to... (more)
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National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port - steam pumping engine
by Chris Allen
for square SJ4077
This engine was installed to supply fire fighting water to three large flour... (more)
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Ellesmere Port station
by Malc McDonald
geograph for square SJ4076
The railway station at Ellesmere Port, with a train waiting to leave for... (more)
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Working Narrow Boat Hadar moored in lower basin, Ellesmere Port
by Keith Lodge
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Working Narrow Boat Hadar moored in lower basin, Nationan Waterways Museum,... (more)
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Pipeline entering the Shropshire Union canal
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SJ4076
At the site of the former Mersey Iron Works in Ellesmere Port.
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Housing at Raddle Wharf, Ellesmere Port
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SJ4077
Seen from a covered dock at the National Waterways Museum.
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Broad lock, Ellesmere Port
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SJ4077
At the National Waterways Museum site.
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Stop gates at Ellesmere Port
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SJ4077
At the junction between the Shropshire Union canal and the Manchester Ship... (more)
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'Fuldaborg' at a wharf on the Manchester Ship Canal
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SJ4077
'Fuldaborg' is a Dutch general cargo ship. The wharf is at Ellesmere... (more)
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Security fencing above disused mooring rings
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SJ4076
A new housing development on the west bank of the Shropshire Union canal, in... (more)
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Redevelopment in Ellesmere Port
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SJ4076
Housing replaces industry at a wharf on the west bank of the Shropshire Union... (more)
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National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ4077
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Manchester Ship Canal at Ellesmere Port
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ4177
Chemical works/oil refineries line the right hand bank.
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Traffic on the Manchester Ship Canal
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ4077
Passing the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port is the vessel Stenberg,... (more)
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Manchester Ship Canal, Ellesmere Port
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ4077
A virtually monochrome image against the low morning sun ahead of a cruise down... (more)
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Steam tug Daniel Adamson, Manchester Ship Canal
by Chris Allen
for square SJ4077
At Ellesmere Port waiting to board passengers for a 6 hour cruise to Anderton on... (more)
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Manchester Ship Canal, Ellesmere Port
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ4077
By the National Waterways Museum. The vessel is the preserved steam tug Daniel... (more)
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Ellesmere Port Station
by Gerald England
geograph for square SJ4076
The terminus for Merseyrail trains.
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The Manchester Ship Canal at Ellesmere Port
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SJ4077
At the junction with the Shropshire Union Canal. The Mersey estuary lies behind... (more)
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National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port - steam launch engine
by Chris Allen
for square SJ4077
This is an inverted vertical duplex open crank launch engine built in 1882 by G... (more)
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National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port - Sisson steam engine
by Chris Allen
for square SJ4077
An inverted vertical compound engine by W Sisson of Gloucester and with an... (more)
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National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port - steam 'puffer' Basuto
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ4077
This is a Clyde puffer with a very small steam engine. it is part of the Boat... (more)
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National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port - ST Daniel Adamson
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ4077
This tug was in the museum but gradually deteriorating in the absence of... (more)
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National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port - marine steam engine
by Chris Allen
for square SJ4077
An inverted vertical compound engine from a 'Weaver packet'. This was... (more)
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Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - steam grab dredger
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ4077
The hull in the foreground is the Grafton grab dredger Perseverance that had... (more)
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Ellesmere Port Boat Museum
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ4077
Some of the Museum's historic vessels are seen in the foreground. The tall... (more)
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Ellesmere Port Boat Museum
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ4077
The nearest vessel is a box boat - National Coal Board No. 337 and one of its... (more)
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Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - dry dock
by Chris Allen
for square SJ4077
Former ICI 'Weaver Packet' Cuddington receiving some attention in the... (more)
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Harley-Davidson Dealership, Ellesmere Port
by Jeff Buck
geograph for square SJ4174
On Stanney Mill Lane.
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Mazda Dealership, Ellesmere Port
by Jeff Buck
geograph for square SJ4174
On Stanney Mill Lane.
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Redevelopment Site, Ellesmere Port
by Jeff Buck
geograph for square SJ4175
Site of an old industrial works now awaiting development, next to the Shropshire... (more)
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Air Products, Ellesmere Port
by Jeff Buck
geograph for square SJ4175
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. is an international corporation whose principal... (more)
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Shropshire Road, Ellesmere Port
by Jeff Buck
geograph for square SJ4175
Possibly one of the most pointless roads in the UK, Shropshire Road off New... (more)
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Ellesmere Port Sewage Works
by Jeff Buck
geograph for square SJ4274
Taken from the Shropshire Union Canal tow path.
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National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
by Chris Allen
for square SJ4077
The forge has been preserved and incorporates this relatively small steam hammer... (more)
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National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port - hydraulic pumping engine
by Chris Allen
for square SJ4077
The docks made extensive use of hydraulic power with water at 750 psi piped from... (more)
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The green, green grass - National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ4077
Oblique lighting makes the grass vivid and the buildings of the hydraulic power... (more)
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National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ4077
The parallel broad and narrow locks letting the Shropshire Union Canal Down to... (more)
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National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ4077
Although intending to visit water mill sites in Cheshire, I decided my friend... (more)
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Ellesmere Port - National Waterways Museum
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ4077
A nicely preserved hand crane alongside a canal arm that incorporates a dry... (more)
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Window on the world - National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
by Chris Allen
for square SJ4077
Looking from the building housing a collection of engines onto an arm of the... (more)
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Stanlow Point and Stanlow Refinery from the air
by M J Richardson
for square SJ4276
With the Manchester Ship Canal running between the refinery and the open water... (more)
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Manchester Ship Canal traffic
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ4077
The tug MSC Victory leads the oil/chemical tanker Stenberg that is registered in... (more)
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Building by the Manchester Ship Canal
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ4177
Seen from the steam tug Daniel Adamson.
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Footbridge, north bank, Manchester Ship Canal
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SJ4077
About 175 metres long.
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Stanlow Bridge (Bridge 144a), Shropshire Union Canal
by Jeff Buck
geograph for square SJ4176
Stanlow Bridge from the south. Stanlow Bridge carries the M53 motorway over the... (more)
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Pylon by the Shroppie
by Jeff Buck
for square SJ4175
Electricity pylon next to Lees Lane Bridge on the Shropshire Union Canal.
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Bewley's Bridge (Bridge 144), Shropshire Union Canal
by Jeff Buck
geograph for square SJ4175
Bewley's Bridge carries Lees Lane over the Shropshire Union Canal.
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