tarboat's photos with the keyword: salford

The Bell Tower on Chapel Street, Salford was built as a pub named The Angel in 1901. In the 1980s it closed and was subsequently revived as The Bell Tower hotel for a few years. It is now apartments.

Manchester has changed dramatically in the 21st century and Salford is following fast. The speed of redevelopment is astonishing. This is the top end of the Manchester Ship Canal viewed from an Eccles bound tram and looking towards the city centre. The entrances to what were the Pomona Docks can be seen on the right side.

Detail of the former police station on Chapel Street in Salford. It was built in 1888 by Arthur Jacob, the Salford Borough Engineer and is now listed Grade II.

Main entrance to the former Salford City Council education office. Designed by Woodhouse and Willoughby, the building dates from 1897 and is now empty. It is listed Grade II.

The Cemex Manchester Concrete Plant is located in Salford. It supplies both Screed and Readymix Concrete to builders and businesses in the Manchester and wider Greater Manchester region. There is also an asphalt plant on the site. Stone can be delivered by train into the building across the rails.

Narrowboats Victoria and Spey leaving Mode Wheel Locks on the Manchester Ship Canal on a journey to Ellesmere Port.

Islington Mill on James Street, Ordsall, Salford, was originally built for cotton spinning in 1823 by the self-taught Leeds-born architect David Bellhouse (1764-1840). A year after the original construction of Islington Mill, there was a partial structural collapse of the building. During rebuilding, various new structures were added to the original model that had consisted of a single row of cast-iron columns. Further extensions were subsequently added over the years, including a second mill (which was also later rebuilt), stables around the courtyard and an external engine house. By the early 1900s, the mill was being used for textile doubling rather than spinning. It now houses artistic studios across four floors, with a large open space on the fifth floor and an attic space on the sixth floor. It was listed Grade II in 1996.

The locks at Middlewood once took the Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal down to a junction with the River Irwell. After abandonment of the canal it was filled-in through this area and it was thought that the canal was lost for ever. However, in 2007 redevelopment of the derelict area began and the reinstatement of the canal was part of the scheme. Today the canal is navigable up two locks and through the development to a basin adjacent to the railway across the old alignment. This scene shows the new and vibrant place that this area has become, with apartment blocks both completed and being built. There was an arts event later in the day with hundreds of people attending and enjoying the sunshine alongside the revitalised waterway.

The Peel Building at Salford University was designed by architect Henry Lord and completed in 1896. It was originally the Salford Royal Technical Institute. The facade is constructed of red Accrington brick and terracotta. Earp, Hobbs and Miller were the partnership responsible for the sculptural detailing.

Former police station on Chapel Street in Salford. They don't make them like that any more. It was built in 1888 by Arthur Jacob, the Salford Borough Engineer.

Former Thomas Clayton tanker narrowboat Spey makes the turn onto the Leigh branch of the Bridgewater Canal at Worsley. More satellite dishes than GCHQ on the right keeping the locals entertained.

J.R. Roscoe & Sons, Engineers & Iron Founders, Little Hulton, Walkden. This business was established by James Roscoe – inventor of the Roscoe Lubricator and proprietor of James Roscoe & Sons of Peel Hall Colliery and New Lester Colliery, Tyldesley. I have been unable to discover exactly when Roscoe's closed.

Spotted this beauty at Barton Aerodrome. It doesn't look as if it is going to be there much longer.

Former Thomas Clayton tanker narrowboat Spey makes the turn at Worsley as it heads towards Leigh on the Bridgewater Canal.

Morning departure from Mode Wheel locks on the Manchester Ship Canal. The Allied Mills in the background produce flour for a wide range of bread manufacturers in the north of England.

This building was originally built as a Scottish Presbyterian Church in 1846 and then converted to a cinema in 1912 when the terracotta faience was added. In 1938 it became the Rex and continued to show films until 1958. It later operated as a bingo hall between 1967 and 1985. Today the building is back as a church for the New Harvest Christian Fellowship.

Redevelopment of the Middlewood area of Salford has seen the renewal and restoration of the Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal through the site. Looking towards the Irwell and with the new Hilton Hotel in the background, the old lock No.3 can be seen under restoration. This whole area had been filled in many years ago.