IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Braithwaite Road, MANCHESTER, M18 7TJ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Braithwaite Road, M18 7TJ 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 (6 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
Reddish Loco Depot
Rows of class 76 1500v DC electric locomotives stand beside the depot buildings. Built for the Woodhead route in the early 1950's, the decision in the late 1950's to go for 25Kv AC traction on future electrifications made them obsolescent overnight. The Woodhead route closed in 1981 and the class were withdrawn en-masse in July of that year.
Image: © Martin Addison
Taken: Unknown
0.04 miles
3
Reddish Locomotive Depot, 1981
By 2015, this had mostly become a housing estate.
Image: © Nigel Thompson
Taken: 22 Jul 1981
0.05 miles
4
Reddish Loco Depot
40055 sits outside Reddish Depot. This shed was constructed in 1954 to be the primary maintenance depot for the 1500v electric locomotives operating over the Woodhead Route between Manchester and Sheffield via Penistone. It also maintained the Manchester - Glossop/Hadfield electric units, one of which can be seen on the right of the photo. The Woodhead Route closed in 1981 and the depot closed in 1983. Although the buildings were subsequently demolished, their footprint is still visible on Google maps at this time.
Image: © Martin Addison
Taken: Unknown
0.05 miles
5
On the shed
Class 40 40179 is waiting attention outside Reddish shed. At this time Reddish had heavy lifting gear as well as tyre reprofiling equipment. It was quite a busy engineering depot repairing and servicing locomotives for the North West area of British Rail as well as the base for the Woodhead line class 76 electric locomotives. With the closure of the Woodhead line in early 1981 the depot lost most of its work and was shut. The buildings have all been razed to the ground. Even the freight line that went by the depot has closed and been lifted.
Image: © roger geach
Taken: Unknown
0.10 miles
6
Rawsthorne Avenue, Gorton
Houses at Rawsthorne Avenue (M18 7GB), in the Gorton area of Manchester, close to the city's boundary with Reddish in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport.
Image: © Steven Haslington
Taken: 18 Apr 2011
0.12 miles