Tractacus' photos with the keyword: Fiddlers Ferry

60017 is about a mile from its destination of Fiddlers Ferry Power Station, with 6F81 0900 coal from Liverpool Bulk Terminal. Sat18May13

60017 passes over Fiddlers Ferry Crossing, and rolls on towards Fiddlers Ferry Power Station, with 6F81 0900 from Liverpool Bulk Terminal. Sat18May13

Launched in 1945 with a 2 cylinder steam engine, she was upgraded in 1963 with a 375hp 8 cylinder GM diesel engine. During her long life, she has spent time in service at Le Havre, Southampton and Portsmouth, before arriving on the Sankey Canal at Fiddlers Ferry in September 2006. Sat18May13

Built in Germany in 1945, but launched at Hessle, and given the designation TID 174 (Tug, Inshore and Dock - the number can be seen on the stripe at the top of the funnel), the Bonchurch now resides on the Sankey Canal at the Fiddlers Ferry Yatch Haven. Sat18May13

Originally a working boat, built in 1948 to transport grain from Manchester Docks to the Kellogs factory at Stretford, up until 1974. Following a further 10 years in the unglamorous trade of collecting rubbish from Liverpool and Birkenhead Docks, she was eventually dumped at Stanley Lock, Liverpool. The vessel was saved and restored by the Sankey Canal Restoration Society, and she now enjoys a well earned retirement at the Fiddlers Ferry Yatch Haven. Sat18May13

Fiddlers Ferry Yatch Haven. Sat18May13

Long term wreck at the Fiddlers Ferry Yatch Haven. Sat18May13

Fiddlers Ferry Yatch Haven. Sat18May13

Fiddlers Ferry Lock, giving access between the Sankey Canal and the River Mersey. The Canal runs across the picture, just beyond the lock gates. Sat18May13

Fiddlers Ferry Lock, providing access between the Sankey Canal and the tidal River Mersey. The line of the Canal can be seen by the masts of the moored yatchs in the background. Sat18May13

Fiddlers Ferry Lock. Looking out from the lock gates into the River Mersey. Sat18May13

The River Mersey, as seen from Fiddlers Ferry Lock, looking upstream. Sat18May13

The River Mersey as seen from Fiddlers Ferry Lock, looking downstream.

One of two crossings within close proximity to each other at Fiddlers Ferry. This is Marsh House Crossing, controlled by Fiddlers Ferry Signalbox, about half a mile to the right of picture. Immediately over the crossing is a swing bridge over the Sankey Canal. Sat18May13

One of two crossings in the vicinity. This is the user worked crossing of Fiddlers Ferry, adjacent to the Sankey Canal and boat marina. Sat18May13

One of two crossings in the vicinity. This is a general view of the Fiddlers Ferry user worked crossing, looking west towards the Power Station. The Sankey Canal, boat yard and marina on the left. Sat18May13