Trafford Park Photographs
2003
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The majority of photographs are reproductions made in around 2003, of older photographs. They are images that were used in the book: Karen Cliff and Pat Southern, Trafford Park, (Tempus Publishing Ltd, 2003).
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Title:
Trafford Park Photographs
Date of work:
2003
Reference number:
LHC/576
Level of description:
Sub-collection from Collection: Local Heritage Collection (LHC)
Type of materials:
Graphic materials
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Collection: Local Heritage Collection (LHC)
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UnrestrictedThis item is located in the archives and is available for study by appointment only. Materials must be requested at least one working day in advance, and by placing an Archival Request.
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UnrestrictedIt is the sole responsibility of the researcher to acquire any necessary permission(s) from copyright owners, as well as to ensure that their work does not breach copyright terms and conditions.
General notes:
Folder 1: Waterway:1: Copy of 1761 sketch plan of Bridgewater Canal showing proposed extension from Altrincham to Liverpool, the River Irwell, Trafford Moss and Trafford House.2: 2 horses pulling boat on the Bridgewater Canal where it crosses the River Irwell over James Brindley’s aqueduct.3: Scaled-down copy of Bridgewater Canal skirting Water Meetings (sic) Farm in 1890, showing Moss Road, Hope Cottage and Taylor’s Bridge.4: Aerial view of the Bridgewater Canal at Waters Meeting, looking down Moss Road towards water tower and works of Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company Ltd.5: Closer view of Moss Road and Waters Meeting, with Metropolitan-Vickers factory.6: The Bridgewater Canal skirting Trafford Park.7: Waters Meeting, showing 150 Moss Road and 152-4 Moss Road on opposite bank.8: Pleasure boat on the Bridgewater Canal near Cornbrook Bridge, on boundary between Old Trafford and Hulme.9: Earl of Ellesmere’s barge on Bridgewater Canal.10: Section from Ordnance Survey map of 1889, showing Bridgewater Canal, proposed route of the Ship Canal, and the railway.11: Photo of Throstle’s Nest c.1880, with Henshaw’s Blind Asylum in background.12: Photo of a barrow run removing soil from Ship Canal cutting.13: Trafford Swing Bridge under construction over the Ship Canal.14: Manchester Ship Canal lock gates under construction.15: Swing railway bridge, with Trafford Road Bridge in background.16: Ship canal sluice gate under construction for Ship Canal.17: Moore Lane swing bridge.18: 1925 aerial view of Trafford Park, with Trafford Wharf and Salford Docks.19: Bridgewater Canal and Ship Canal with Trafford Road swing bridge; part of Manchester United football ground, Warwick Road North, the power station and Hall and Pickles’ factory.20: Port of Manchester Queen Elizabeth II dock.21: Trafford Wharf, showing Hall and Pickles’ factory.22: Trafford Wharf and Salford Docks.23: Submarine at Trafford Wharf.24: Mode Wheel Locks with Trafford Park on right.25: Trafford Park and Manchester United football ground in 1969, with Mode Wheel Locks, and Bridgewater Canal.26: Unloading a ship at no. 9 dock, Manchester Ship Canal, 1973.Folder 2: Country estate:27: Daily Telegraph report on 3 July 1896 re the sale of the Trafford Park Estate and its future development.28: Ordnance Survey map of 1848 showing Trafford Park Estate.29: Drawing of Trafford Hall and deer park c.1800.30: Trafford Hall, with the earlier Whittleswick Hall, [n.d.].31: Clearer view of Trafford Hall, with older part showing, [n.d.].32: Gates and lodges to Trafford Park on Chester Road, opposite the entrance to the Botanical Garden; later moved to Gorse Hill Park, Stretford, [n.d.].33: Trafford Hall from an engraving, with deer (later culled) in foreground, [n.d.].34: One of the entrances to the estate, c.1896, with quote from visitors in Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society 1888.35: Trafford Hall c.1896.36: Gardens and conservatory of Trafford Hall, [n.d.].37: One of the entrances to the Trafford estate, c.1896.38: Ground floor plan of Trafford Hall.40: Trafford Hall, 1905, with guests outside at a social function.42: Part of exterior of Trafford Old Hall, [n.d.].43: Trafford Hall after conversion into 3 separate residences, [n.d.].44: The empty hall c.1937.45: Trafford Old Hall, empty and vandalised, [n.d.].46: Ordnance Survey map 1913, with hall, encroaching industry and Ship Canal.47: Ordnance Survey map 1929, showing hall next to Corn Product works.48: Ordnance Survey map 1937, showing Trafford Hall and lake surrounded by industry.49: Site of Trafford Hall gates after removal to Gorse Hill Park, 1951.50: Trafford Park Lake, 1970s.Folder 3: Industries:58: Workers at the foundry, British Westinghouse, 1902.72: Workers at Ashworth’s Timber Merchants, Trafford Park, 1909.151: Eleventh Street, Trafford Park, 1910, with residents in the street.155: Prize-giving in pattern shop, Metropolitan-Vickers, 1920s.167: Councillor Mrs Bagley opening the Trafford Park clinic, June 1936.172: Storytime in Trafford Park library, [n.d.].174: Opening ceremony for the Public Washhouse 1931.Folder 4: Servicing the Park:105: MSC saddle tank locomotive pulling goods wagons across swing bridge between Trafford Park and Salford Docks, [n.d.].106: Internal Trafford Park railway lines alongside Ashburton Road and British Steel works, [n.d.].107: Springfield Warehousing, Trafford Park Road, with internal railway lines, [n.d.].108: Port of Manchester insulated railway van, c.1920s.109: Abandoned railway lines on Elevator Road, 1974.110: View along Elevator Road, near Parker Rosser’s offices, with damaged kerbs and disused railway lines, [n.d.].111: Removal of rail tracks, Trafford Park Road, 1964.112: Trafford Park Road, 1966.113: Trafford Park Road, showing disused railway lines, chimney of power station, and Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto Ltd., [n.d.].114: Kellogg’s railway wagon on Barton Dock Road, c1970.115: Railway lines on Trafford Park Road, still in use in 1974.116: Open-topped bus from the early 1920s, which ran from Third Avenue to Patricroft Bridge. Taken at Mosley Road garage, showing driver Alfred George, foreman Stanley Griffiths and Mrs Griffiths, [n.d.].117: Traffic queues on Park Road near Fire Station, 1957.119: Rush-hour queues on Trafford Road swing bridge, mid-1960s.120: Five Ways roundabout 1957, lots of cyclists going to work.121: Ashburton Road in the fog, [n.d.].122: Trafford Park Road, horse and cart in distance, and setts on road, [n.d.].123: Trafford Park Road, with setts, and handcart.124: Trafford Road crossing Bridgewater Canal and Manchester Ship Canal; swing bridge just visible. 1928.125: Moss Road Bridge and base of Westinghouse water tower, [n.d.].126: Cars on Elevator Road, early 1970s.127: Part-constructed Kellogg’s Bridge on Park Road, August 1963.128: Barton Dock Road, 1965.129: Hill made from peat removed for construction of Parkway 1965.130: Parkway in 1970.131: Barton Dock Road, with Parkway on bridge across it, [n.d.].132: Preparation for building Ashburton roundabout, 1967.133: Proposed site for development of lorry park, off Barton Park Road, [n.d.].134: Further view of proposed lorry park site, [n.d.].135: Pump house and power station at British Westinghouse, February 1902.136: Inside Trafford Park power station in 1947.137: The coal conveyor head at Trafford Park power station.138: Coal conveyor at Trafford Park power station.139: Ground view of the coal conveyor.140: Re-opening Trafford Park power station in 1948.141: Pipework connecting the refinery to the storage tanks at the Esso oil terminal at Trafford Park.142: Foundations for the Westinghouse water tower, March 1902.143: The water tower under construction in April 1902.144: Workers leaving Metropolitan Vickers in 1927, with the water tower behind them.145: Distant view of the water tower and the works of Westinghouse, showing the lettering on the buildings advertising the various products of the factory: electric motors and generators; electrical supplies; Aurica lamps; gas engines; diesel engines.146: Photo with water tower in the middle distance which dates from the 1920s.147: Photo from 1903 giving an idea of the huge workforce that Trafford Park demanded.148: Lancashire Fire Brigade on Westinghouse Road in Trafford Park.149: the Geigy Fire Brigade pose for the Stretford and Urmston Journal in 1975.Folder 5 – Buildings and construction.52: The foundation stone of British Westinghouse dated 03 August 1901.53: Workers constructing the Pattern shop at British Westinghouse in 1901.54: The steel foundry at British Westinghouse under construction in 1901.55a & b: 2 views of the machine shop and offices at British Westinghouse under construction in 1901.56: Outfall sewer under construction at British Westinghouse in 1901.59: The iron foundry at British Westinghouse in 1901.67: D aisle at AEI in 1964. Suggested that viewer should compare the photo of D aisle in 1902 when the firm was known as British Westinghouse.68: By 1967 British Westinghouse was trading as GEC and in this photograph Christopher Chattaway, Minister for Industrial Development, is being shown the turbine blades by Mr G Trowbridge, works manager.69: Aircraft works in 1973. Westinghouse Road runs across the photo.73: Aerial view of Trafford Park taken in 1928.74: Millington & Sheldrake, gummed paper and tape manufacturers on Elevator Road, in 1973.75: The slitting room at Millington & Sheldrake, where rolls were divided into coils.76: Company Director Mr F Booth watching rolls of paper being stacked at the Millington & Sheldrake factory in 1973. The company partnership was formed in 1879.77: Photograph of the tube department at the Millington & Sheldrake gummed paper and tape manufacturers seen in March 1973. It shows the strawboard tubes used in the manufacture of textile and polythene being cut, glued and rolled.78: Ciba-Geigy chemical company seen in an aerial photo from 1969.79: The Kellogg’s display at the “Stretford Can Make It” Exhibition 1949.80: An aerial view of the CWS flour mill and wharf, taken in 1929. The wharf allowed grain to be transferred directly from the docks.81: Photograph of workers at the Redpath Browns factory in 1925. The man in the centre of the middle row was CJ McCormick who was later to become a professional footballer, playing for Manchester United and Fulham.82: Trafford Carpets in 1973. The four yard wide loom could produce a carpet in seven hours.83: Workers in the quality control laboratory at Proctor & Gamble soap manufacturers in 1973.84: men at work on the factory floor at Massey Ferguson on Barton Dock Road in the late 1960s.86: Turners Asbestos Cement produced asbestos cement as far back as 1914 and following the end of the First World War the demand for construction materials allowed the company to expand rapidly. Photo of company offices in 1973.88: The Ford Motor Company was established in Britain in 1911. Motor vehicle parts were imported from America to build Ford cars for the British market. In 1931 the company moved out of Trafford Park to a new site at Dagenham. This aerial photo was taken in 1925 and shows how the layout of the company uniformly followed the American style.90: The Hovis flour mill was built in 1905 and the grain was transferred from ships on the Manchester Ship Canal to the mill by means of a grain elevator and an underground wharf, which in turn was linked to the mill by a conveyor belt.91: The Joseph Rank flour mill, formerly owned by Joseph Greenwood & Sons Ltd, was built in 1909 and was linked to the Manchester Ship Canal in the same way as the Hovis Mill.93: The Brooke Bond factory in 1973 with wooden tea chests in the warehouse. The factory was still in production in June 2003.95: The Brooke Bond factory during the 1960s/70s showing the packaged tea in boxes that many people will be familiar with96: Workers at the Carborundum factory in 1973.97: The JW Baldwin factory seen in an aerial photo of 1973. The factory produced a type of wood wool. In 1964 the factory suffered a serious fire and had to be re-built.98: A general view of Trafford Park taken in 1969.104: Gas driven tram as used in Trafford Park at the end of the nineteenth century.150: Lancashire Constabulary at Old Trafford Police Station in 1905.159 An inspection at Westinghouse works by dignitaries of the local authority in 1917.161: Council dignitaries and Metropolitan-Vickers managers with HRH Prince George.162: HRH Prince George tries his hand at the Metropolitan- Vickers works, 1931.163: A foreign commercial mission luncheon in March 1921.164: The opening of Trafford Park Council School.165: Trafford Park Council School football team in 1920 or 1921.169: Alderman Wardle borrows a book at Trafford Park library in June 1936.173: Exterior of the library and clinic.175: Interior of the Trafford Park public wash house.177: St Cuthbert’s Whit Walks c.1930.178: Workers at AEI finishing work for the annual holidays, 14 August 1963.181: Speeches at the Gala in 1963.Folder 6: Trafford Park today: Imperial War museum, June 2003; Trafford Park Lake, June 2003; Sky Hooks, Wharf End, June 2003; Trafford Park Mural, June 2003: Trafford Park Village looking towards The Trafford Park Hotel, June2003; Waters Reach – looking towards the Manchester United Football Stadium, June 2003, Proctor and Gamble , June 2003; Rank Hovis, June 2003; Brooke Bond, June 2003; Trafford Centre Main entrance, June 2003; Kellogg’s , June 2003; St Catherine’s Churchyard- Tomb of MARSHALL STEVENS, who played a leading role in the development of Trafford Park, June 2003; Cerestar, previously CPC and Brown and Polson, June 2003; Entrance to Trafford Park, Sky Hook visible, June 2003; Bridgewater Canal looking towards Manchester United Football Stadium, June 2003; Gates to the former Westinghouse CO., also traded as Metropolitan Vickers, AEI and GEC, June2003; SAMUEL PLATT’S PUB, June 2003; Westinghouse Road, Trafford Park, June 2003; The Bridgewater Canal looking towards Kellogg’s, June 2003; Trafford Park Village, June 2003; St. Anthony’s Church in Trafford Park Village, June 2003; Trafford Road Bridge looking towards Salford, June 2003; The Liverpool Warehousing Co. Ltd, June 2003; Westinghouse Road Air Freight Terminal, June 2003; Trafford Park Entrance , visit of King Edward V111, 1905.Loose photographs: Volunteers for the armed services from the Westinghouse Works , 1914; Aerial view Parkways Roundabout showing ICI Pharmaceutical Plant With Ciba-Geigy, 1968; THE PATTERN SHOP at GEC , formerly Westinghouse, 1902; MARSHALL STEVENS ,founder member and director of Trafford Park Estates Ltd., ([n.d.]); N. Kilvert & Son Ltd. Lard Refiners ([n.d.]); Aerial view shows the British Westinghouse factory almost completed, 1902; M/C Tools arrive ‘D’ Aisle, (un named factory and date); Aerial photograph showing Trafford Park, Salford Docks and the Ship Canal, 1925; Front cover of the Metropolitan-Vickers Gazette, July 1943; the 1st Apprentices training school at British Westinghouse with a picture of George Westinghouse on the wall, 1902; Westinghouse Co Machine Shop, ([n.d.]); Trafford Road Decorative Arch build for opening of No 9 Dock by King Edward V111, ([n.d.]); Rose Queen at Trafford Park Carnival, ([n.d.]); People gathered for Laying the foundations at Westinghouse , 1901; copy letter written by George Westinghouse registering the British Westinghouse Company at Trafford Park, 1899; A more populated view of the archway entrance to Trafford Park, 1905; Trafford Park Entrance, Trafford Road, 1905.
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Record number:
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