EAW006234 ENGLAND (1947). Barton Swing Aqueduct, Barton Upon Irwell, 1947

Rock Hotel

These allotments have very little in the way of sheds. They may be part of the 'Dig for Victory' scheme.

Empty coal barges, these Butty's had no motors and are awaiting a tow, usually towed in threes.

Narrowboat tucked in behind large Bridgewater Flat Coal Barge.

'Duker' Steam Tug waiting to tow three pairs of empty coal barges back to Worsely for filling, they have probably unloaded at Barton Power Station or maybe a couple of miles further on at Stretford Gas Works or Trafford Power Station.

The Barton Swing Aqueduct designed by Edward Leader Williams and completed in 1893 allows barges using the Bridgewater Canal to pass over the Manchester Ship Canal, it was the first and only swing aqueduct in the world.

WW2 private(?), earth covered, surface blast air raid shelter.

A cemetery which contains the grave of Marshall Stevens (18 April 1852 – 12 August 1936) an English property developer. His work with Daniel Adamson and others led to the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal, completed in 1894, and he was appointed general manager of the Ship Canal Company in 1891. On 1 January 1897, Stevens resigned from the canal company to become general manager of Trafford Park Estates, a company set up by Ernest Terah Hooley to develop Trafford Park, the ancestral home of the de Trafford family, into what became the first and largest planned industrial estate in the world. He also served as Conservative Member of Parliament for Eccles from 1918 to 1922 Wikipedia

All Saints Franciscan Friary, Redclyffe Road, Urmston, Stretford, Manchester M41 7LG

Brindley's first aquaduct.