EAW000111 ENGLAND (1946). The Ford Motor Company shadow factory on Barton Dock Road, Trafford Park, from the north-west, 1946
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| Title | [EAW000111] The Ford Motor Company shadow factory on Barton Dock Road, Trafford Park, from the north-west, 1946 |
| Reference | EAW000111 |
| Date | 5-April-1946 |
| Link | |
| Place name | TRAFFORD PARK |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 376883, 397109 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -2.3482898530655, 53.469955830694 |
| National Grid Reference | SJ769971 |
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 2ndWW communal surface blast shelter. |
 redmist |
Saturday 15th of October 2022 11:48:07 AM |
| 2ndWW EWS. |
redmist |
Saturday 15th of October 2022 11:47:46 AM |
| Ford Shadow Factory manufacturing Merlin Engines and components. Also later in the war experimental Jet Engines. |
Stretfordian |
Friday 18th of March 2022 05:01:07 PM |
| Ford Shadow Factory producing Merlin Engines for Lancaster Bombers, Spitfires, Mosquito Aircraft, later to become Massey Fergusons Tractors post war.
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Stretfordian |
Friday 18th of March 2022 04:58:44 PM |
Stretfordian |
Friday 18th of March 2022 04:56:32 PM | |
| Small surface blast shelter associated with the adjacent 2ndWW Barrage Balloon Site. Indicated by the crew Nissen hut and the visible markings on the ground, used for aligning the balloon. |
redmist |
Thursday 27th of June 2019 10:07:13 PM |
| Rows of WW2 air raid shelters installed for the workforce. |
redmist |
Sunday 6th of January 2019 03:30:39 PM |
| Rows of air raid shelters for the workforce. |
redmist |
Sunday 6th of January 2019 03:22:55 PM |
| Demolition Scarring TBC |
Sparky |
Wednesday 1st of November 2017 07:19:28 AM |
| WW2 Camouflage Scheme |
Sparky |
Thursday 27th of July 2017 04:37:26 PM |
| WW2 Camouflage Scheme |
Sparky |
Thursday 27th of July 2017 04:36:37 PM |
| This is now occupied by a building called the Merlin Warehouse, and I previously understood that Ford's Merlin engine factory was this building. |
Andrew |
Thursday 17th of October 2013 03:31:00 PM |
| Asda and CostCo, amongst others, now occupy this land |
Andrew |
Thursday 17th of October 2013 03:29:55 PM |
| Trafford Centre land |
Andrew |
Thursday 17th of October 2013 03:29:31 PM |
| Stretford Fore Station |
Andrew |
Thursday 17th of October 2013 03:28:41 PM |
| The electrical substation here still exists. |
Andrew |
Thursday 17th of October 2013 03:22:06 PM |
| Barton Power Station, now the site of B&Q |
Andrew |
Thursday 17th of October 2013 03:19:37 PM |
