IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Mathieson Road, WIDNES, WA8 0NX
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Mathieson Road, WA8 0NX 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 (10 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
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A533 - westbound slip road joining from the A562
Ahead the through route changes identity from A533 to A562.
Image: © Peter Whatley
Taken: 23 Mar 2012
0.15 miles
3
Roadworks on the A562
Major roadworks at Ditton Junction
Image: © Eirian Evans
Taken: 12 May 2016
0.15 miles
4
A533 curving north of the A562 junction
Image: © Peter Whatley
Taken: 23 Mar 2012
0.15 miles
5
Climbing the ramp, Widnes ? 1967
An unidentifiable Stanier 8F climbs the ramp up to the Runcorn Bridge over the River Mersey on the main line from Liverpool to Crewe. Although the line was electrified, much of the freight traffic continued to be operated by steam locomotives.
In the foreground is West Deviation Junction. The deviation was an alternative route through Widnes, opened in 1869 by the LNWR, which provided a new station in the town for the company and also avoided a level crossing with the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway. It was part of the LNWR's secondary route between Liverpool and Manchester/Stockport via Warrington.
The photograph was taken from the signal box controlling the junction. Rules for access were much less strictly adhered to in those days.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 22 Feb 1967
0.17 miles
6
Chemical industry with railway locomotives at Widnes ? 1967
Inside the fence on the right is the McKechnie & Co chemical works. In the yard can be seen their shunting locomotive of the time. This was a Sentinel chain drive vertical boiler locomotive, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel_Waggon_Works#Railway_vehicles no.9381 of 1947, named 'Enterprise'.
Shunting in the foreground is one of British Railways' type 05 diesel shunters built by the Hunslet Engine Co, with a rake of mainly traditional timber-sided wagons.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 22 Feb 1967
0.21 miles
8
A533 crossing the Ditton-Warrington railway line
Image: © Peter Whatley
Taken: 23 Mar 2012
0.22 miles
