Album Cheshire from tarboat

Dumper

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 06:39:29 +0000

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Foden dump truck at the Astle Park traction engine rally.

Sentinel Tipper

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 06:28:33 +0000

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This S6 (six wheel) steam tipping lorry was sold new to Tarmac in 1933. In 1946 it went to carry coke for the Cambridge Gas Light and Coke Co. Ltd. until the mid 1950's, it fell out of use but returned to service during the Suez crisis in 1956. It was fully restored in the early 1970s. Seen at Astle Park traction engine rally.

Pear Mill

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:01:19 +0000

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Construction of the Pear Mill in Stockport commenced in 1908. The building is typical of the architects A.H. Stott & Sons, and was designed by The mill was designed by Abraham Stott junior. Financial problems led to changes in management of the mill company and it was finally completed in 1913 by Philip Sidney Stott.

At its peak, the mill employed approximately 300 people to run 52 pairs of spinning mules with a total of 137,312 spindles. This remained until the 1950s when the mill was electrified and replaced by 33,636 ring spindles. It ceased operation as a textile mill in March 1978. Today it is a listed structure and divided into business units.

The mill is so named because it was built on the land of Pear Tree Farm. The building includes a number of decorative pears on the structure and as a dome on the tower.

Cans

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:52:00 +0000

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Oil cans above the camshaft on a large M.A.N engine at the Anson Engine Museum.

Flaybrick Tower

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 10:14:23 +0000

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The Water Tower at Flaybrick Reservoir, Claughton, Wirral was built 1860-65. The water piped into this water tower travels from Alwen reservoir near Pentre-Llyn-Cymmer in Conwy County Borough, Wales by underground aqueduct. It is listed Grade II.

Wharton Lodge Works

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:27:48 +0000

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Colin Stewart Minchem, Wharton Lodge Works, Winsford. The company manufactures a range of speciality products based on bentonites and other minerals used in the Detergent, Oil Drilling, Coatings and many other related industries. The business currently trades as AMCOL Minerals Europe Ltd.

Oil terminal

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:20:17 +0000

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The southernmost of the two berths at the Tranmere oil terminal on the Mersey. The tug Svitzer Amazonas is seen tied up here covering the contract to have at least one tug available on the river at all times.

Skelly Bridge

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:24:20 +0000

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Bulleid pacific 34067 'Tangmere' heads the Great Britain XVIII tour up the Midland Railway Disley cutoff line on its way to Carlisle. The train is approaching the Hatherlow Lane footbridge in Hazel Grove. It was over sixty years ago that I used to spot trains from this bridge and it was a real bit of nostalgia to see steam again at this spot, even if it wasn't the ex LMS and LNER locomotives that we used to see. As kids we knew this location as 'Skelly Bridge'. There weren't any trees and it was double track back in the day.

Still carrying

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 06:11:32 +0000

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Narrowboats Victoria and Alton at the 2016 Bollington boat & folk event on the Macclesfield Canal. These two motor boats were still at work carrying fuels, mainly supplying boaters along the waterways in the area.

Approaching Sutton Weaver

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:37:03 +0000

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Sutton Weaver swing bridge on the Weaver Navigation carries the A56 over the river. It was completed in 1926 and has seen much repair and refurbishment in recent years.

Chlorine world

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:52:41 +0000

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Compressed chlorine storage at the INOVYN ChlorVinyls Limited Rocksavage chemical works. This plant mainly produces chlorine, caustic soda and chlorinated derivatives. I believe that these spheres are no longer used.

The signal was once used to control vessels using Weston Marsh Lock which links the Weaver Naviagation to the Manchester Ship Canal. The Weston Canal running across the image linked the Weaver to the docks at Weston Point and also the now derelict Runcorn and Weston Canal.

Coal power

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:36:12 +0000

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Coal fired generation hard at work at Fiddler's Ferry, seen from Wigg Island across the Mersey.

Stamford House

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:12:18 +0000

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This Commercial building in Altrincham, with offices over shops, was built in 1904-5, by Charles Heathcote & Sons, for J.H.Brown Esq. a developer who lived in Ashley. It incorporates a lot of buff terracotta ornamentation. Formerly known as Station Buildings this Grade II listed building was refurbished in 2014 to provide commercial accommodation and contemporary apartments.

Tank farm

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:53:12 +0000

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Tanks at the North Alfred Dock facility operated by um Terminals at Birkenhead. The facility offers a shipping berth with dedicated product lines and pipeline clearance facilities and currently handles processing oils, base oils, industrial oils and chemicals.

Boathouse

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:58:10 +0000

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This is one of the last remaining corrugated iron boathouses on the Macclesfield Canal. These structures were common from the small skiff type of the early 20th century to the ones that held cabin cruisers in later years. The last ones are to be seen on the High Lane Arm which is leased to the North Cheshire Cruising Club. They are disappearing because they are too small to accommodate the modern steel narrowboats that are in the majority today.

Keef 4

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 06:42:51 +0000

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Alan Keef No.4 in the shed at the Lindow Moss peat farm in May 1985. At the time the site was being operated by Country Kitchen Foods Ltd with the peat being used for growing mushrooms. I never saw this locomotive out on the line. It arrived new in 1979. In the background is Lister 52528.

Domed

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:14:47 +0000

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I do like quirky details on buildings and this domed corner piece topped with a finial is a good example. The building itself, at the junction of High Street and Market Street, Altrincham, seems to have fallen on hard times.

A Black 5 at Middlewood

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:25:09 +0000

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Black 5, 45407 heads the Buxton Spa Express towards Buxton. It was even running a couple of minutes early.

Rolling lift

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 07:36:12 +0000

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Tower Road rolling lift bridge carries the busy A554, linking Birkenhead with Wallasey on the Wirral. It forms the main route into the docks and the nearby ferry terminal. The new bridge replaced an ageing Scherzer rolling bridge built in 1933. The 33.7m moving span is lifted by two hydraulic cylinders which are assisted by a 482 tonne counterweight system. It was opened in 2018.

Birkenhead North

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:25:49 +0000

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Merseyrail EMUs at Birkenhead North during a visit to travel the whole of the Merseyrail network in a day.