Manchester Dry Docks - converted boiler
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Manchester Dry Docks - converted boiler
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 7 Jun 2009
The Dry Docks were now closed and beginning to deteriorate. The chimneys on the boiler house were leaning. This is a view of the bunded area containing oil tanks for the boiler house. The horizontal cylindrical white tank is quite clearly a converted former Lancashire boiler. I seem to recall that on the other side of the blue wall there was a steam engine cylinder block casting but this was sat in a sticky oily mess and we did not venture closer. Wish I had at least taken its picture.
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Image Location
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53.472043
Longitude
-2.305032