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Trafford Wharf Road, MANCHESTER, M17 1BY

This piece of street sculpture was created to represent the industrial heritage of the world's first and largest industrial estate. One of a pair of 56-foot high sculptures named Skyhooks, it stands at the eastern end of Trafford Park, near the old Trafford Park Telephone Exchange building on Trafford Road, near Wharf End. The second one (Image]) is located at the front the Exchange at the junction of Trafford Wharf Road and Trafford Road. They were designed by Brian Fell and installed in 1995, as a metaphor to represent for the regeneration of the old dockland area. The project was funded by the Local Development Council.

This is one of a pair of 56-foot high steel sculptures named Skyhooks. It stands in front of the old Trafford Park Telephone Exchange building, on Trafford Road, at the eastern entrance to Trafford Park. (See Image])

This is one of a pair of 56-foot high steel sculptures named Skyhooks. It stands in front of the old Trafford Park Telephone Exchange building, on Trafford Road, at the eastern entrance to Trafford Park. (See Image])

This is one of a pair of 56-foot high steel sculptures named Skyhooks. It stands behind the old Trafford Park Telephone Exchange building, at Wharf End, at the eastern entrance to Trafford Park. See Image

Half a matched pair of 17 metre steel sculptures created by Brian Fell to reflect the industrial heritage of the world's first and largest industrial estate. The other half is also in SJ8196, on the opposite side of the old gyratory system, used before the new section of the A5081 was built.

The Pomona area of Stretford, in Greater Manchester, England. Here, in this part of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, are great views of Manchester and Salford Quays. Included in this shot is the top of the Beetham Tower, and (on the far right) Chester House (the present headquarters of Greater Manchester Police).

This warehouses at Victoria Place is one of the few remaining pre-war warehouses in Trafford Park as the area is gradually being modernised.

One of a neighbouring pair of the Liverpool Warehousing Company Ltd. This is the slightly earlier one, dated 1925. Collectively they are now known as O₂ Victoria Warehouse, a venue for live music.

Wharfside is the first tram stop on the Trafford Park Line, after leaving the Eccles/MediaCityUK line at Pomona. The Wharfside stop is located on Trafford Wharf Road, next to the Manchester Ship Canal and close to Manchester United's Old Trafford football stadium. A map of the proposed network development, published in 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20121115073720/http://www.metrolink.co.uk/futuremetrolink/Documents/network-map-with-new-extensions.pdf , showed the station’s name as “Manchester United”. It opened, along with the rest of the extension, on 22 March 2020.