EPW027828 ENGLAND (1929). Telford's Quay and the Manchester Ship Canal, Ellesmere Port, 1929
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| Title | [EPW027828] Telford's Quay and the Manchester Ship Canal, Ellesmere Port, 1929 |
| Reference | EPW027828 |
| Date | June-1929 |
| Link | |
| Place name | ELLESMERE PORT |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 340545, 377266 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -2.8919864610318, 53.288746530507 |
| National Grid Reference | SJ405773 |
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 Interesting how the allotments (vegetable gardens) stand at the centre of this industrial scene. Not only did people live close to their work, companies often provided space for such activities. |
 Maurice |
Friday 31st of May 2013 06:20:35 AM |
| Lighthouse |
 FermePark |
Thursday 14th of March 2013 08:45:33 PM |
| Both wide and narrow barges and wide and narrow locks to suit. The larger barges would have changed the nature of canal operations if they had been more widely used across the UK in the way larger barges are still widely (sorry about the pun) used across Europe. |
Maurice |
Tuesday 5th of March 2013 08:10:36 AM |
| Swing bridge open to water traffic. |
Maurice |
Tuesday 5th of March 2013 08:00:43 AM |
 Class31 |
Monday 4th of March 2013 10:46:41 PM | |
| Merseyton Road |
Class31 |
Monday 4th of March 2013 10:43:29 PM |
| Warehouse |
Class31 |
Monday 4th of March 2013 10:42:05 PM |
I feel this looks more like a grain silo than a warehouse. Importing ships would discharge into the silo at the canal end and flour carried to the mill by a covered conveyor at the inland end. |
Maurice |
Tuesday 5th of March 2013 08:05:55 AM |
Just for the record the map evidence is as follows: the 1911 1:2500 OS describes this building as Goods Shed. The 1957 1:2500 OS describes the building on the same footprint as Warehouse. The 1929 1:10560 also calls the building a Goods Shed. For all that I can see your explanation Maurice which makes sense. |
Class31 |
Tuesday 5th of March 2013 10:09:56 AM |
Grain warehouse or grain silo - What's in a name? While the OS were normally very good at getting things right, perhaps they slipped here. Alternatively it may be that I am using a modernism with the use of the word silo.... when did it come into usage here? Silo via Latin from Greek 'siros' - cornpit. I suspect modern usage has origins in the USA. |
Maurice |
Wednesday 6th of March 2013 01:29:53 PM |
See EPW036418 Here we have a grain silo in 1931! Clearly the word was around. |
Maurice |
Thursday 7th of March 2013 06:37:30 AM |
| Flour Mill |
Class31 |
Monday 4th of March 2013 10:40:21 PM |
| Goods Shed |
Class31 |
Monday 4th of March 2013 10:39:20 PM |
| Shropshire Row |
Class31 |
Monday 4th of March 2013 10:38:41 PM |
| Shropshire Union Canal |
Class31 |
Monday 4th of March 2013 04:29:56 PM |
| Manchester Ship Canal |
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Monday 4th of March 2013 04:21:30 PM |
