Training Academy Site, Openshaw West
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Image: © David Dixon Taken: 7 Oct 2013
The site of the new Manchester City Training Academy being built on land opposite the existing City of Manchester Stadium. The site was formerly the Clayton Aniline factory site and was historically home to a gasometer, an alkali works, a forge, a refuse heap, railway sidings and other industrial works.