tarboat's photos with the keyword: warburton

Ship Canal boating

Ship Canal boating

tarboat
25 Apr 2020 5 254
Narrowboat and short boat side by side under the Warburton toll bridge on the Manchester Ship Canal.
Defence of the realm

Defence of the realm

tarboat
22 Apr 2011 359
Jefferson does his best impression of a 29mm spigot mortar or Blacker Bombard ! The concrete cylinder with a stainless steel pin in the centre was constructed to mount this weapon for use in defending the Warburton Toll Bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal in WWII. The surrounding pit in which the three man crew and their store of ammunition would sit, has filled up with detritus over the nearly 70 years since it was abandoned.