tarboat's photos with the keyword: ellesmere port

Wharf on the Manchester Ship Canal serving the Stanlow oil refinery at Ellesmere Port.

Late afternoon sun on the cooling tower of the Innospec plant at Stanlow which manufactures fuel additives and, according to its website, is the world's only manufacturer of tetraethyl lead products.

Stanlow Oil Refinery with Chemical/Oil Products Tanker SUDE-S built in 2009 waiting to load. The 2802 gross tons ship is registered in Malta and owneed by Sener Petroleum Denizcilik of Istanbul.

The US owned Cabot Carbon plant at Ellesmere Port produced carbon black using the oil furnace process. This is used in the production of tyres, toners, printing inks, plastics and coatings. The works was busy when I took this shot but has now been closed and production transferred to a cheaper location in China. It was Britain's largest producer of Carbon black. By 2010 the demolition men were on site. Since 2019 the site has been occupied by a factory manufacturing containerboard and corrugated board.

A small section of the Stanlow oil refinery.

Motive power on the Manchester Ship Canal Railway at Ellesmere Port. Seen at the exchange sidings adjacent to Network Rail just west of Ellesmere Port Station.

The Ellesmere Port lighthouse was completed in 1880 at the entrance to the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company docks and Whitby Locks. Whilst it marked the entrance from the Mersey estuary it became irrelevant once the Manchester Ship Canal was constructed and went out of use in 1894.

Cooling tower of the Innospec plant at Stanlow which manufactures fuel additives and, according to its website, is the world's only manufacturer of tetraethyl lead products.

Cooling plant in the Air Products works at Little Stanney on the outskirts of the Stanlow oil refinery.

The short boat George was built in 1910 to carry coal for the Wigan Coal & Iron Company. This is now the sole survivor of the transom-stern boats commonly used on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. After it finished working on the coal trade in Lancashire the boat was saved for the Boat Museum at Ellesmere Port where it remains after a major rebuild in 2016. This view shows the transom stern as it was in 2003 in the livery of its original owners.

A small part of the Stanlow chemical complex viewed from the Manchester Ship Canal close to the Boat Museum in Ellesmere Port. This view includes part of the Innospec plant which manufactures fuel additives and, according to its website, is the world's only manufacturer of tetraethyl lead products.

CF Fertilisers is located on 124 acres of land close to the Manchester Ship Canal and consists of 1 Ammonia, 3 nitric acid plants with a further Nitrogen fertiliser plant and 3 compound lines. With approximately 400 employees, Ince produces 1 million tonnes of fertiliser per annum and supplies the key market sectors for grass and arable farming. The site manufactures nitrogenous fertiliser based on Ammonium Nitrate (Nitram®) and is the largest UK producer of True Granular Compound fertilisers (NPKS).

The US owned Cabot Carbon plant at Ellesmere Port produced carbon black using the oil furnace process. This is used in the production of tyres, toners, printing inks, plastics and coatings. The works was busy when I took this shot but was soon closed and production transferred to a cheaper location in China. It was Britain's largest producer of Carbon black. Everything has now been flattened.

A small convoy from Manchester to Ellesmere Port is passing the Stanlow oil refinery. Narrowboat Victoria leads the way with Short Boat Severn close behind and then some way behind comes tanker narrowboat Spey. An easy short day's boating compared with the long haul via Middlewich and Chester.

The Station Hotel in Ellesmere Port now stands empty and awaiting its fate. This detail is from the extension built when the business was thriving in 1908.

A colourful platelayers' hut on the Manchester Ship Canal railways at Manisty, Ellesmere Port. I am unsure about the need for the fire buckets at his location.

The chipboard curtains are up at the Station Hotel in Ellesmere Port.

This shows why wooden boats and museums don't often have a happy ending. I have so many memories of this boat from evenings spent in the back cabin drinking tea, to the days when it was named Chief and kept at Styperson Wharf by the 1st Hazel Grove Scouts. It was saved from Styperson by James Hewitt for an abortive attempt to add a butty to his trip boat business. After surviving for so long it is heartbreaking to see what has happened once it arrived at a museum.