Manchester Cathedral steps
Introduction
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Manchester Cathedral steps
Image: © philld Taken: 4 Sep 2008
The arches were used as an air raid shelter during W.W II The conversion, which included additional brick blast walls, took three months at a cost of £10,150 and provided shelter for 1619 people. Click http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=265602590&blogID=430373437 for many more full size pictures, with archive shots, and full history of the Manchester Cathedral steps.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.483953
Longitude
-2.246799