EPW057314 ENGLAND (1938). The River Irwell, the Telephone Exchange (Dial House) and environs, Salford, 1938

Greengate

Grosvenor Hotel

Victoria Bus Station

This is a very large building for a telephone exchange- ten floors? This is Dial House. There was a major fire in a cable tunnel from Dial House to Rutherford House in 2004 causing service disruption as far as Glasgow.

Manchester Exchange Station. The bulk of the station is on the West bank of the River Irwell and therefore actually in Salford. An LNWR station opened in 1884. From 1920 platform 3 was extended over the Irwell and joined (then) platform 11 at Manchester Victoria, forming a single platform of 682m. Victoria's platforms have since been reduced and renumbered. The station was closed 5th May 1969, the site is now occupied by a car park (although lines continue through the site, from Victoria station).

River Irwell

This side of the river is Manchester

This side of the river is Salford

Deansgate

Blackfriars Street passes over Blackfriars Bridge

Victoria Bridge Street

Cathedral Approach

Manchester Cathedral