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Record Detail

Call Number:

PH-00867

Collection Name:

Manchester Ship Canal. Making the Waterway

Creator:

Birtles, J.

No. of Items:

10 items

Span Dates:

1886-1891 (ca.)

Description:

Folio, titled Manchester Ship Canal. Making the Waterway, containing 10 gelatin silver prints by J. Birtles of Warrington. The photographs document construction of the Manchester Ship Canal from the project’s start in 1886 to 1891, three years prior to its dedication.

Location(s):

f TC 664 M2 M263 HRC-P (964:0348:0001-0010)
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Item(s):

964:0348:0001 -- Birtles, J.. Letting in the water at Ellsmere Port with E. L. Williams and Engineers., between 1886 and 1891. Gelatin silver print, image: 26.6 x 36.1 cm ; 10 1/2 x 14 1/5 in ; mount: 43.1 x 55.9 cm ; 17 x 22 in .

964:0348:0002 -- Birtles, J.. Making Latchford Locks, [v]iew from Embankment., between 1886 and 1891. Gelatin silver print, image: 26.6 x 36 cm ; 10 1/2 x 14 1/5 in ; mount: 43.1 x 55.9 cm ; 17 x 22 in .

964:0348:0003 -- Birtles, J.. Acton Grange Cutting showing embankment for the Viaduct on the L. & N. W. Ry., between 1886 and 1891. Gelatin silver print, image: 26.3 x 34.7 cm ; 10 2/5 x 13 7/10 in ; mount: 43.1 x 55.9 cm ; 17 x 22 in .

964:0348:0004 -- Birtles, J.. Bridgewater Locks, near Runcorn., between 1886 and 1891. Gelatin silver print, image: 26.6 x 36 cm ; 10 1/2 x 14 1/5 in ; mount: 43.1 x 55.8 cm ; 17 x 22 in .

964:0348:0005 -- Birtles, J.. Sluices at Weston, largest in the World., between 1886 and 1891. Gelatin silver print, image: 27.9 x 36 cm ; 11 x 14 1/5 in ; mount: 43.1 x 55.9 cm ; 17 x 22 in .

964:0348:0006 -- Birtles, J.. Runcorn Bridge, and finshed portion of Cutting. The last [l]oad., between 1886 and 1891. Gelatin silver print, image: 26.6 x 36 cm ; 10 1/2 x 14 1/5 in ; mount: 43.1 x 55.9 cm ; 17 x 22 in .

964:0348:0007 -- Birtles, J.. Wreck of the Bridgewater Locks., between 1886 and 1891. Gelatin silver print, image: 26.6 x 36 cm ; 10 1/2 x 14 1/5 in ; mount: 43.1 x 55.8 cm ; 17 x 22 in .

964:0348:0008 -- Birtles, J.. Pile driving, making the Gantry, looking across the Mersey to Widnes., between 1886 and 1891. Gelatin silver print, image: 22.5 x 35.1 cm ; 8 9/10 x 13 4/5 in ; mount: 43.1 x 55.8 cm ; 17 x 22 in .

964:0348:0009 -- Birtles, J.. Barton Swing Aqueduct., between 1886 and 1891. Gelatin silver print, image: 26 x 35.3 cm ; 10 1/5 x 13 9/10 in ; mount: 43.1 x 55.8 cm ; 17 x 22 in .

964:0348:0010 -- Birtles, J.. Dredger at work, Ellesmere Port., between 1886 and 1891. Gelatin silver print, image: 26.6 x 36 cm ; 10 1/2 x 14 1/5 in ; mount: 43.1 x 55.9 cm ; 17 x 22 in .

See Also:

J. Birtles (photographic print collection)


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