Airport buildings at Manchester
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Airport buildings at Manchester by M J Richardson as part of the Geograph project.
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Airport buildings at Manchester
Image: © M J Richardson Taken: 3 Sep 2012
Various hangars and workshops, the fire station, and the new Air Traffic Control Tower, costing £16m, which is expected to be operational by spring 2013. It is 60m tall and the main structure was erected in 9 days by a process of pouring concrete continuously for 222 hours.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.357408
Longitude
-2.280774