tarboat's photos with the keyword: partington

Outside the National Grid liquid petroleum gas storage site at Partington in Manchester. This was once the site of a large town gas works. Since my visit the site has been closed and completely cleared.

National Grid gas storage site at Partington in Manchester. This was once the site of a large town gas works to which this was a main entrance. Since my visit the site has been closed and completely cleared.

National Grid gas storage site at Partington in Manchester. This was once the site of a large town gas works but then became a major natural gas facility which was used to boost supply at times of peak demand. Since my visit the site has been closed and completely cleared.

National Grid gas storage site at Partington in Manchester. This was once the site of a large town gas works to which this was a main entrance. Since my visit the site has been closed and completely cleared but the gates remain.

A number of bucket dredgers were built in the bed of the Manchester Ship Canal during its construction. This plate from Bosdin Leech's tome on the Ship Canal show the nearly completed derdger 'Bollin' at Partington.

Millbank Lock was the second of the original locks on the Mersey and Irwell Navigation. It had a rise of 6ft 6ins. The river course was dredged extensively to create the channel of the Manchester Ship Canal. When this photograph was taken the lock and weir had already been removed, but the paper mill in the background marks the site of the lock. Another photograph from Bosdin Leech's tome on the Ship Canal.