Mundane pictures of the North

[farmerbarleymow]

More bridges. I am starting to realise that I quite like arches - possibly because of the engineering that lies behind them.



Abandoned canal side building.



A lock behind an old stone bridge.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

These are from underneath the big metal viaducts in Castlefield. They've appeared much earlier in the thread from a distance away, but not from underneath I think.

Truly impressive bits of Victorian engineering.

 

[Roadkill]

More bridges. I am starting to realise that I quite like arches - possibly because of the engineering that lies behind them.

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I like them too. However, I can't think of a single arched bridge in this whole city. We do have various lifting bridges and swing bridges over the River Hull, though. And the Humber Bridge, of course, which is just beautiful:

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I think this must have been for canal boat users, rather than the general public, but the sign struck me as odd - a bit amateur.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I like them too. However, I can't think of a single arched bridge in this whole city. We do have various lifting bridges and swing bridges over the River Hull, though. And the Humber Bridge, of course, which is just beautiful:

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There must be tons of arched bridges here - its only be wandering around this past week or so that I'm starting to notice how common they are. They're like vermin!

 

[tufty79]

there's some quite nice ones in leeds

 

[farmerbarleymow]

The Thought for the Day, with apologies to R4.

 

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Random disintegrating mill.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

One of the tatty-looking old trams passing along a viaduct as is starts to approach ground level.

I got a shiny new yellow tram home today, and thankfully these old ones are being phased out of service.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Another crumbling mill.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

More arches...

 

[Espresso]

More bridges. I am starting to realise that I quite like arches - possibly because of the engineering that lies behind them.

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I especially like that particular arch, with The Knott Bar cosily snuggled in under it. I'd very much like to be cosily snuggled up in that pub right now this very minute.

You'e going sterling work, by the way, farmerbarleymow. Well done you.
This is a brilliant thread.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

This is over the canal in Salford. I don't know what this mill was once producing, and suspect its probably been converted into flats. But I always like seeing the old names on mills.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

From now on its wasteland all the way, with lots of graffiti - some good, some crap.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Scrapyard by the Bridgewater Canal.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Here is the view of the wasteland I was taking lots of these pictures in today - roughly a panaromic view, from a bridge to nowhere that offered a good vantage point. It shows just how large the area of the Quays is that is still completely empty and untouched. I wonder whether it will ever get built on.

Apologies for the overlaps in the pictures!

 

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Virtually everywhere you look, every available surface has been written on.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

On the Salford side of the Manchester Ship Canal.

 

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Public swimming pool, Manchester.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Gate to nowhere.

 

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[Roadkill]

There must be tons of arched bridges here - its only be wandering around this past week or so that I'm starting to notice how common they are. They're like vermin!

I imagine that will be because you have those strange things called hills over there...

 

[farmerbarleymow]

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I imagine that will be because you have those strange things called hills over there...

Oh yeah, those alien things that aren't allowed over in Hull!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I think this is the Bridgewater Canal feeing into the Ship Canal.



More graffiti, and I noticed the passengers on the tram which happened to stop opposite me were looking at me oddly, as the area is normally completely deserted.