EPW053315 ENGLAND (1937). Bidston Dock and the West Float Graving Docks, Bidston, 1937
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| Title | [EPW053315] Bidston Dock and the West Float Graving Docks, Bidston, 1937 | 
| Reference | EPW053315 | 
| Date | 27-May-1937 | 
| Link | |
| Place name | BIDSTON | 
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND | 
| Easting / Northing | 329820, 390680 | 
| Longitude / Latitude | -3.0558380630996, 53.408002085897 | 
| National Grid Reference | SJ298907 | 
Pins
|  Penny Bridge |   MKG | Friday 8th of May 2020 12:50:27 PM | 
|  Flour mills |   MB | Tuesday 20th of September 2016 09:16:16 AM | 
|  Spillers & Bakers roller flour mills. Spillers and Bakers were both west country firms originally - Spillers founded in Bridgwater circa 1829 and Bakers came from Bristol |   MB | Tuesday 20th of September 2016 09:15:22 AM | 
|  Spillers & Bakers roller flour mills |   MB | Tuesday 20th of September 2016 09:12:58 AM | 
|  Leasowe Castle |   Bob Fraser | Wednesday 2nd of December 2015 03:02:06 AM | 
|  Brickworks |   Bob Fraser | Wednesday 2nd of December 2015 03:01:19 AM | 
|  Sandhills and sea |   Bob Fraser | Wednesday 2nd of December 2015 03:00:00 AM | 
|  Troopship Lancashire ? |   Pete65 | Sunday 23rd of February 2014 12:14:34 AM | 
| I think this is the Elder Dempster liner "Aba" (1918), reported in the Bidston Dock around this date. |   wdalby | Wednesday 6th of November 2024 04:18:53 PM | 
|  Ex-Wirral Railway Steam Loco shed - about to close due to electrification of the Birkenhead Park to West Kirby line - which happened in 1937... |   Pete65 | Sunday 23rd of February 2014 12:08:38 AM | 
|  Former Wirral Railway carriage shed - replaced by Birkenhead North Electrics depot across the line. |   Pete65 | Sunday 23rd of February 2014 12:06:44 AM | 
|  Birkenhead North Electric Multiple Unit shed under construction |   Pete65 | Sunday 23rd of February 2014 12:05:20 AM | 
|  Disused and lifted chord allowing direct access from Seacombe to New Brighton |   beast66606 | Friday 13th of September 2013 09:24:08 AM | 
|  Seacombe Junction signal box |   beast66606 | Friday 13th of September 2013 09:02:51 AM | 
|  Bidston East Junction signal box |   beast66606 | Friday 13th of September 2013 09:02:05 AM | 
|  Birkenhead North No.2 signal box |   beast66606 | Friday 13th of September 2013 09:01:41 AM | 
|  Birkenhead North No.1 signal box |   beast66606 | Friday 13th of September 2013 09:01:23 AM | 
|  Bidston Engine and Carriage sheds |   Pete65 | Monday 26th of August 2013 06:11:37 PM | 
|  Remnant of Thomas Brassey's Canada Works - set-up to service the Canadian coast to coast rail project. Canada Creek runs up to it. |   Pete65 | Monday 26th of August 2013 06:10:47 PM | 
|  Culverted and canalised River Birket |   Pete65 | Monday 26th of August 2013 06:08:47 PM | 
User Comment Contributions
| The roller flour mills at Birkenhead were able to take grain directly from sea-going vessels, avoiding the need for barge transfer |   MB | Tuesday 20th of September 2016 09:18:10 AM | 
 
             
  ![[EPW053315] Bidston Dock and the West Float Graving Docks, Bidston, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053315.jpg) 
  
                                          ![[EPW004031] The West Float and River Mersey, Birkenhead, from the north-west, 1920](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/004/EPW004031.jpg) 
 ![[EPW018914] The Anglo-American Oil Company Depot and environs, Bidston, 1927](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/018/EPW018914.jpg) 
 ![[EPW018916] The Anglo-American Oil Company Depot and environs, Bidston, 1927](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/018/EPW018916.jpg) 
 ![[EPW018915] The Anglo-American Oil Company Depot and environs, Bidston, 1927](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/018/EPW018915.jpg) 
 ![[EPW011217] Vacuum Oil and Grease Works alongside Poulton Bridge, Birkenhead, 1924. This image has been produced from a damaged print affected by flare.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/011/EPW011217.jpg) 
 ![[EPW013692] The Vacuum Oil Company Works, Birkenhead, 1925. This image has been produced from a print.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/013/EPW013692.jpg) 
 ![[EPW018917] The Anglo-American Oil Company Depot and environs, Bidston, 1927](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/018/EPW018917.jpg) 
 ![[EPW013690] The Vacuum Oil Company Works, Birkenhead, 1925](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/013/EPW013690.jpg) 
 ![[EPW013693] The Vacuum Oil Company Works, Birkenhead, 1925](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/013/EPW013693.jpg) 
 ![[EPW013691] The Vacuum Oil Company Works, Birkenhead, 1925](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/013/EPW013691.jpg) 
 ![[EPW053313] Bidston Dock and the West Float, Bidston, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053313.jpg)