EAW004389 ENGLAND (1947). Beyer, Peacock and Co Gorton Foundry and the Gorton Locomotive Works, Manchester, 1947

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Title [EAW004389] Beyer, Peacock and Co Gorton Foundry and the Gorton Locomotive Works, Manchester, 1947
Reference EAW004389
Date 13-April-1947
Link
Place name MANCHESTER
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 388132, 396922
Longitude / Latitude -2.1788022460999, 53.468648566688
National Grid Reference SJ881969

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the Bird cage elevated right over Gorton Tank lead to Ashton old rd

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Alice's sweet shop regukar stop going to school

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MACHINE GUN WALL MOUNTED PILL BOX COVERING GORTON LANE AND CASSON STREET RECREATION GROUND LINE OF FIRE AN IDEAL SPACE FOR PARATROOPERS TO LAND

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Crossley motors railway wagons

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Ashburys station

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Crossley motors

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As a kid played on this ground we called it the Loco

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Cinema became the Organ Works

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Railway Terrace

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Railway Terrace

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Steeleworks tavern still open 2017

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Bessemer public house

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Shakespeare Inn

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Possibly the 109 bus ?

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Peacock st county primary school

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Peacock st county primary school

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Remember useing these facilities at school (the bogs)

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Thursday 26th of October 2017 06:34:50 PM
This area is now Froxmer Street Industrial Estate

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Friday 1st of November 2013 06:22:49 PM

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Friday 1st of November 2013 06:21:35 PM
These buildings have been cleared and this area is waste ground in 2013.

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Friday 1st of November 2013 06:20:45 PM
This area is now Delta Industrial Estate

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Friday 1st of November 2013 06:19:48 PM
Railway Line heading off to the bottom left to Belle Vue, Ryder Brow, Reddish North and Brinnington

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Friday 1st of November 2013 06:18:03 PM
Preston Street

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Friday 1st of November 2013 06:16:41 PM
Railway line. Leading towards the top to Manchester Piccadilly via Ashburys and Ardwick, and to the right of the image to Gorton and Fairfield.

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Friday 1st of November 2013 06:16:07 PM
Froxmer Street

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Friday 1st of November 2013 06:14:22 PM
This long shed and the two smaller ones at its end are the principal buildings still remaining on the site. Also to be seenn are a small low structure once used for first aid and what used to be the cycle sheds. EAW004389 has a photo taken inside in 2010. The remainder of the site is used as a car park and for vehicle storage by the local council. There are several more recent buildings.

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Friday 1st of November 2013 06:13:45 PM

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Oil Fuel Storage

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Annealing and furnaces

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Erecting "shop"

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Fitting "shop"

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Cost Accountant

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Turning "shop"

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Cylinder "shop"

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Friday 1st of November 2013 05:08:17 PM

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Pattern Stores

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Pattern Makers "shop"

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Joiners "shop"

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General offices

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Friday 1st of November 2013 05:01:09 PM
Axle Box, and Coppersmiths

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"Cab and Ashpan" and "Bogie 'shop'"

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Case Hardening and Template Store

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Forge and Millwright's "shop"

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Friday 1st of November 2013 04:57:01 PM
Electric repairs, tool repairs.

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Friday 1st of November 2013 04:55:43 PM
Number 4 gate. Above it is the cycle shed and below it is the dining hall

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Friday 1st of November 2013 04:53:24 PM

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Tender "shop" and boiler "shop"

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Friday 1st of November 2013 04:49:19 PM
St Francis Church and Friary, also known as Gorton Monastery

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User Comment Contributions

This is the oldest engine made at Gorton I could find, a steam tram built in 1885 as a speculative build. It was sent to New South Wales, Australia but did not sell, was shipped back and then used as a works shunting engine.

totoro
Friday 1st of November 2013 05:26:55 PM
Inside one of the sheds in 2010. Now used for storage by the local council.

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Friday 1st of November 2013 05:25:15 PM
The Gorton works produced steam engines for the world, which unfortunately used a wide variety of distances between their railway lines ("gauge"). This resulted in the workshops have a remarkable set of multi-gauge lines as seen in this photo.

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Friday 1st of November 2013 05:24:21 PM
The Gorton works manufactured articulated steam engines, to a design by Garrett, with the front and rear bogies brought out to the front and rear, carrying the water and fuel and the boiler slung between them.

These engines were very powerful and much used overseas.

Here is a photo of the first articulated steam engine made at this site, the K1 (noe repaired by parts from K2), manufactured in 1909. It was sold to Tasmania in Australia, but has now been repatriated and is domiciled in Wales.

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Friday 1st of November 2013 05:22:29 PM
A diesel engine made in Gorton in the 1970s, type 35.

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Friday 1st of November 2013 05:18:33 PM