EAW000114 ENGLAND (1946). The Ford Motor Company shadow factory on Barton Dock Road with Crofts Bank heavy anti-aircraft battery in the foreground, Trafford Park, 1946

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Title [EAW000114] The Ford Motor Company shadow factory on Barton Dock Road with Crofts Bank heavy anti-aircraft battery in the foreground, Trafford Park, 1946
Reference EAW000114
Date 5-April-1946
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Place name TRAFFORD PARK
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 377376, 396592
Longitude / Latitude -2.3408250353497, 53.465329752832
National Grid Reference SJ774966

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? Possible LAA gun position.

redmist
Saturday 15th of October 2022 11:58:12 AM
? Possible LAA gun position?

redmist
Saturday 15th of October 2022 11:57:41 AM

redmist
Saturday 15th of October 2022 11:55:51 AM

redmist
Saturday 15th of October 2022 11:55:34 AM
Location of the accommodation blocks serving the WW2 HAA Gun Battery at Croft Bank.

redmist
Saturday 5th of January 2019 10:31:58 PM
Clear view of the gun pits for the WW2 HAA Gun Battery at Croft Bank, designation H/H6. Also clear is the control bunker with the positions for the range finders and predictor mechanism etc..

redmist
Saturday 5th of January 2019 10:30:58 PM
Lines of WW2 air raid shelters.

redmist
Saturday 5th of January 2019 10:20:15 PM
Both chimneys showing WW2 camouflage schemes.

redmist
Saturday 5th of January 2019 10:12:11 PM
George H Carnall now stands here

MancDave
Tuesday 17th of February 2015 12:25:15 PM
Barton Power Station

boltie
Thursday 27th of February 2014 01:02:10 AM
The base is still visible in aerial photos: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/preview#!q=22+Queensway%2C+Trafford%2C+UK&data=!1m4!1m3!1d3362!2d-2.3454397!3d53.4591744!2m1!1e3!4m15!2m14!1m13!1s0x487baea17eb088db%3A0x1310de200e9dfe92!3m8!1m3!1d1014!2d-2.3443538!3d53.4588171!3m2!1i1488!2i1087!4f35!4m2!3d53.4591744!4d-2.3454397&fid=7 at Queensway, Trafford

Andrew
Thursday 17th of October 2013 03:46:18 PM

User Comment Contributions

HAA Battery e13008

cptpies
Thursday 31st of March 2016 08:00:47 AM
HAA Battery, Trafford Park.

cptpies
Saturday 19th of April 2014 11:21:44 PM
very odd emplacements, they almost look like they have moats

Al
Saturday 19th of April 2014 11:21:44 PM