SJ8890 : Wellington Road North
taken 12 years ago, near to Heaton Moor, Stockport, England
Two buses on the busy #192 bus route are outside the former LNWR Goods Warehouse, a Grade II listed building.
It was built in 1877 for the London and North Western Railway Company in the ltalianate style. Red brick with stone dressings, blue brick plinth and banding, white brick cornice and lettering. The warehouse narrowly escaped destruction from a bomb in World War II, sustaining slight damage to NW corner of building. It was designed to enable the efficient storage and transfer of goods between rail and road, and retains a range of different hoist mechanisms which include a manual hoist, six hydraulic jiggers, and two electric-powered hoists, positioned over trap doors replicated down through the floors, which illustrate how the building operated.
Today it is used as a storage depot.
Greater Manchester bus route 192 is a frequent and popular bus route running between Manchester city centre and Stockport. It carries over nine million passengers each year, and is often considered to be the busiest bus route in the country.
The service begins near to Piccadilly station (on the return to Manchester, it terminates in Piccadilly Gardens). From here, the route mainly follows the length of the A6, serving Manchester, Ardwick, Longsight, Levenshulme, Heaton Chapel, Stockport town centre, Heaviley, Great Moor, Stepping Hill and Hazel Grove, terminating near to the Rising Sun pub.
More information: Link(Wikipedia)
The A6 is one of the main historic north south roads in England. At 299 miles long it is the fourth longest road in the country. It currently runs from Luton in Bedfordshire to Carlisle in Cumbria, although it formerly started at a junction with the A1 at Barnet.
Wikipedia: Link
See also Link
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- Grid Square
- SJ8890, 214 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Gerald England (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 24 August, 2013 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 29 August, 2013
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SJ 8888 9088 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:24.8764N 2:10.1259W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SJ 8891 9086
- View Direction
- West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
