IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Forestbank, MANCHESTER, M27 8FB
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Forestbank, M27 8FB 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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Image Listing (16 Images Found)
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Agecroft CEGB sidings
Until the 1970s, Agecroft was dominated by its former coal mine (one of the most modern in the UK) and the coal-fired power station. Agecroft CEGB used the readily available supply of coal to fire one of three small steam engines to shunt wagons around the complex. In the background is the unloading and weighing station from which coal would be transported by conveyor to the power station, located where a prison now stands.
Image: © Peter Whatley
Taken: 19 Aug 1976
0.10 miles
2
Across the Irwell
Looking towards Forest Bank Prison
Image: © Anthony O'Neil
Taken: 14 Feb 2020
0.16 miles
3
Kersal, canal
A section still with some water of the old Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal.http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/mbb/index.htm
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 19 Oct 2009
0.16 miles
4
The River Irwell near HMP Forest Bank
The prison is in the background and doesn't dominate the riverside.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 21 Jan 2012
0.17 miles
5
Road between HMP Forest Bank and Agecroft Road, Pendlebury
Image: © Alexander P Kapp
Taken: 27 Apr 2012
0.20 miles
6
Agecroft CEGB interchange sidings
A view from Agecroft power station's coal stocking area toward the connection with British Rail's Manchester-Bolton line, on which a class 40 diesel is passing at higher level. Immediately behind the steam locomotive is the pier for the large conveyor provided to take coal directly from Agecroft colliery to the electricity generating station.
Image: © Peter Whatley
Taken: 2 Apr 1976
0.20 miles
8
Steam Train Ride on the Agecroft Sidings
RSH saddle tank locomotive, Agecroft No 3, provides train rides an Agecroft open day in 1981. The carriages are replicas of those used on the first passenger railway between Liverpool and Manchester which had recently celebrated its 150th anniversary.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 12 Sep 1981
0.20 miles
9
RSH Saddle Tank Locomotive at Agecroft
Agecroft No 1 RSH saddle tank locomotive, sporting a bright red livery, on static display outside the engine shed at Agecroft Power Station on the 1981 open day marking the final day of steam train operations at Agecroft. The locomotive has recently been restored and is now in its original livery at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 12 Sep 1981
0.20 miles
10
Last Day of Steam at Agecroft
Two of the three RSH saddle tank locomotives pose for photographers during the 1981 open day to mark the final day of their operation at Agecroft. The power station’s two huge stacks, which can be seen behind the locomotives, were demolished in 1994.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 12 Sep 1981
0.20 miles