Former Manchester Dry Docks
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The photograph on this page of Former Manchester Dry Docks by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.
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Former Manchester Dry Docks
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 7 Jun 2009
These Dry Docks opened in 1894 and finally closed in 2007, becoming a wet dock. The leaning chimneys are on the boiler house that fed steam to the dewatering pumps right up to the end of operations. The pumps were in an underground chamber and by 2009 they may have been flooded. By 2020 the aerial views show that the boiler house has gone and the fate of the pumps is not known. The other tall tower is on the opposite side of the Manchester Ship Canal as it enters the docks and was the hydraulic accumulator tower for Mode Wheel Locks.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.471863
Longitude
-2.305332