EPW062709 ENGLAND (1939). The Gaythorn Gas Works, Manchester, 1939

Dunlop Rubber works

This building would later become famous as the Hacienda night club

St Matthew's Church.

Rochdale Canal.

Gaythorn Gas Works.

Rochdale Canal

Wide beam boats in the Castlefield Basins of the Bridgewater Canal

Canal narrowboat at Council Yard on Rochdale Canal

2 sunken Rochdale Canal Barges which were later broken up when the canal was restored in the 1970's

City Road Inn, Public House

Society of Friends meeting house

Albert Hall. A Wesleyan Methodist chapel from 1910 to 1969. Due to fully open as a music venue, restaurant and bar in 2014 it has hosted the odd event 2013.

This former railway shed still stands as Great North House, but the railway running into it has gone completely.

This is now the site of the Beetham Tower (and Hilton Hotel), Manchester's tallest building.

Campfield Market Hall

This market hall is now the Air and Space Gallery of Manchester Museum of Science and Industry

Liverpool Road

Deansgate

Manchester Deansgate Station, formerly known as Knott Mill Station

Hulme Street

River St

Garwood Street

Shortcroft St

City Road East

Newcastle St

Wilmott St

Medlock Street

Cambridge Street

Whitworth St West

Railway - next station on left is Manchester Deansgate, to the right is Manchester Piccadilly.

Windmill St

Trains from Manchester Central ran by a circuitous route to London St Pancras, passing through Stockport Tiviot Dale, Bakewell, Matlock, Derby and Leicester.

The Midland Hotel built c 1900

Covered way leading between the Station and the Midland Railway hotel- The Midland.

Midland Railway / LMR Manchester Central Station. Grade 2*. Built c.1880. Closed to passengers 1969. Opened in 1986 as G-mex, the Greater Manchester Exhibition and Conference Centre, it is now called once more Manchester Central, used for exhibitions and conferences. The "temporary" ticket office was never replaced when the station was open, but a significant part of the forecourt has now been used for a very large glass covered reception area.

Bridgewater Canal