tarboat's photos with the keyword: bosley

Ex Thomas Clayton tanker Spey takes the turn under the old railway bridge between locks 11 and 12 at Bosley on the Macclesfield Canal. The boat was built in 1937 at Uxbridge and spent its career moving gas oil from Ellesmere Port to Oldbury and also gasworks byeproducts around the West Midlands. It has been in preservation since the 1960s.

Good Friday at Bosley Locks and not a boat to be seen in the ice. This must be the first Easter that I haven't seen a boat on the move at the locks, but then the canal isn't usually frozen at Easter.

The tarboat is out and about and headed up the Macclesfield Canal today. 'Spey' is seen here leaving lock 4 on the Bosley flight.

This end of the Bosley Mills site is no longer in use by Wood Treatment International for their processing of a range of organic materials such as SoftWood Fibres, Olive Stones, Almond, Walnut and Coconut Shells for use in a wide variety of industries including explosives, thermoplastics, glucose production and effluent handling. The silos are empty and disused whilst the sheds are in other industrial uses.

Ex FMC Ibex leaving Bosley bottom lock. It was a much better day today with plenty of sunshine whilst working down the locks at Bosley.

Ex Thomas Clayton tarboat heads up the Bosley locks on the Macclesfield Canal.

Looks complicated, but it all seems to work. Bosley Wood Treatment with the powder tippler at the front.

The sun was shining and I was passing through Bosley so it would have been a pity to miss out on a few shots of this place. On the site of a former brassworks at Bosley near Macclesfield is the works of Wood Treatment International Ltd. The company processes a range of organic materials such as SoftWood Fibres, Olive Stones, Almond, Walnut and Coconut Shells for use in a wide variety of industries including explosives, thermoplastics, glucose production and effluent handling. A major product is natural pet litter. With all the different powders around the factory is rated is a major explosion risk by the authorities.

The sun sets over the Cheshire Plain after a glorious warm February day.

The smoke hangs low below Bosley Cloud as sunset approaches at the end of a fine February day. Bosley reservoir glistens in the failing light. The far hill is Mow Cop.