Airport Control Tower, Ringway (now Manchester)
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Airport Control Tower, Ringway (now Manchester) by John Rostron as part of the Geograph project.
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Airport Control Tower, Ringway (now Manchester)
Image: © John Rostron Taken: Unknown
This was taken in 1976, just before the major redevelopment. The control tower bears the name 'MANCHESTER', which would become the new official name, but at the time, it was still generally known as 'Ringway'.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
53.361385
Longitude
-2.271634