IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Princess Street, MANCHESTER, M1 7DN
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Princess Street, M1 7DN by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (665 Images Found)
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River Medlock emerges from culvert
The heavy rain - which you can actually see on the image - caused the river to flow faster than usual. It appears also that more water was contained than usual based on Image, a similar view from 2011.
Image: © Bradley Michael
Taken: 9 Nov 2015
0.02 miles
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River Medlock
From the steps of the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology. The river emerges from a culvert and passes under Princess Street.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 15 Jun 2018
0.03 miles
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River Medlock
The steps on the left lead up to the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology. The River Medlock emerges from a culvert underneath the University buildings.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 15 Jun 2018
0.03 miles
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UMIST - heat engines laboratory
Seen in 1995 when it was still UMIST in the Sackville Street building. This is a horizontal single cylinder steam engine by Ed Bennis of Bolton and labelled as 'The Westminster Engine'. It is a very simple engine with simple slide valve and a Pickering throttle governor. On the left is the water cooled brake dynamometer to measure brake horsepower. Centre back is the surface condenser and to its right is the motor driven air pump. Weighing the condensate gives a direct measure of steam consumption. An indicator on the cylinder allows indicated horsepower to be measured.
It is then possible to derive all sorts of fun terms - mechanical efficiency, thermodynamic efficiency, 'missing quantity', etc.
The engine has now been removed for preservation and to the best of my knowledge there are now no in situ steam test engines in UK colleges or universities. If anybody knows differently please let me know.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 4 Feb 1995
0.03 miles
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UMIST Building
UMIST (The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) grew out of "The Mechanics' Institute in Manchester" which was established in 1824. During 1955 and 1956 (by then known as) the Manchester College of Science and Technology achieved independent university status. The name was changed to UMIST in 1966.
Although a university in its own right, UMIST maintained close links with the (Victoria) University of Manchester, with which it merged in 2004.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: Unknown
0.03 miles
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River Medlock
Downstream from Princess Street.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 15 Jun 2018
0.04 miles
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Where has the roundabout gone?
It hasn't just vanished, it's actually been covered with grass as part of the works on Princess Street (A34). However, it probably makes the slip road gaffe more evident! For a close-up see Image
Image: © Bradley Michael
Taken: 9 Nov 2015
0.05 miles