Whitworth St, Castlefield
A great morning spent wandering the back streets of Manchester with Eddie. We had just come out of the Castlefield canal basin and was heading back into the town centre when we can across some nice light on this staircase which connects the road with the elevated tram network above.
Eddie concentrated on his speciality of people and street photography coming and going, up and down the stairs ... I just went for the architecture shot and took the whole thing!
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Castlefield, Manchester
After my early morning shoot at Salford Quays with Mark Dixon we decided there was no point in hanging around and moved onto Castlefield as part of our recky meet-up with fellows togs - Eddie, Mark and Geoff. It was a gorgeous morning although the sun was pretty high in the sky but worth scouting for new locations and angles.
By the time we had walked half the route, the Manchester weather reverted to type and "chucked it down" (northern for rained hard) and the rest of the group never got to see the best of the area so this is for them.
In the background is the Beetham Tower, the main bridge is known as Merchants Bridge and the little bridge hiding the lock is Lock 92 or sometimes called Duke's Lock.
Tags: Castlefield Manchester basin canals Bridgewater Canal Rochdale Canal Lock 92 Duke's Lock Merchant's Bridge Beetham Tower sunshine sunny bright clear cloudless Andy Rouse Canon EOS 5D MkIII
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Castlefield, Manchester
For the few... I did a pre-recky tour to find a few interesting locations for a shoot with some fellow Flickr Togs. The actual recky got cut short on account of our typical Manchester weather intervening before we got the chance of a proper look around Castlefield.
I've been looking for something to upload other than my Forth Rail Bridge shots when I came across this, already processed and ready to go... yes I know it's another bridge!
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Castlefield, Manchester
When the Rochdale Canal was built it terminated at a basin at Dale Street, Piccadilly, because the Duke of Bridgewater would not agree to the Rochdale linking into the Bridgewater Canal. However when proposals were made to extend the Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal past Rochdale to Sladen and on to Sowerby Bridge, he realised that trans-Pennine traffic would by-pass his canal with a great loss of potential revenue.
He changed his mind and allowed the Rochdale Canal Company to construct the link, which consisted of nine locks over a mile and a half. He did, however, insist that his own workers constructed the final lock linking into his canal at Castlefield, and that he maintained control of this lock, which is still known as the Duke's Lock or more commonly as Lock 92.
Tags: Manchester Castlefield Deansgate Rochdale Canal Bridgewater Canal canal basin Duke of Bridgewater Duke’s Lock Lock 92 waterways Beetham Tower clouds Andy Rouse Canon EOS 5D MkIII 5D3 EF17-40mm f/4L
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Castlefield, Manchester
This is my last posting for a couple of weeks or three as off on my hols with my good wife Mrs R a.k.a. Tripod_Carrier. It's been a great 18 months on Flickr for me... I've come across some fantastic images taken by really talented photographers (some who I have met up with) who have inspired me to keep taking pictures and to improve my own photostream. Only this week I passed the 750,000 views mark - I know this is small fry to many of you but your favs, comments and feedback have been most welcome and appreciated, including the funny ones (you know who you are but keep them coming!!!).
I've dabbled on Facebook, Twitter and my own website, but Flickr has been my source for inspiration and advice so once again many thanks to everyone who's visited my stream and taken the time to view and comment on my efforts.
See you all in a few weeks....
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