Manchester Ducie street goods warehouse

[Michael Delamar]

thats great Ron thank you

 

to be honest, because ive never seen any decent shots of the building, Ive often thought of replacing it with a model of a similar looking building at Great Howard street goods yard in Liverpool, had 3 lines feeding it but was a wagon lift to allow access to the larger yard below, but ive never found any decent shots of that either so have never done it.

[andyrush]

all very interesting, thank you.

 

do we know when it closed or was last used by rail traffic?

Closed 02.10.1967 according to Clinker's Register

 

Andy

[Jim Martin]

http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=1099

 

Makes mention of turntables...

 

The photo at the top of the linked page was taken from almost exactly the same spot as the first of my 1991 photos. 

 

http://www.gmau.manchester.ac.uk/photos/ma6.jpg

 

Interesting image...

 

This one was taken from a position more-or-less where the covered wharf was, looking at the tracks running between the wharf and the now-missing warehouse, just about where the words "Goods Station" are on the OS map. Interesting shot: you don't often get to see the underpinnings of a turntable like this.

 

Also, the book cited at the bottom of the "Timeline" page: "Manchester: the warehouse legacy" sounds interesting.

 

Jim

[Michael Delamar]

the building I have debated on replacing it with is to the top left of this shot..

 

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/l/liverpool_exchange/index14.shtml

[Jim Martin]

Nice photo. Love that site.

 

My wife's from Ormskirk and she well remembers travelling into Exchange in her younger days. The warehouse looks like an interesting choice.

 

Jim

[Michael Delamar]

thing is, its not a warehouse, just a wagon hoist. looks like it has 4 tracks, can see the arches that lead out to the covered goods area to the left of shot, I would think that would look a bit more realistic in the tight space.

Ive never seen any shots of it, there is good footage of similar ones in Sheffield on a British transport film Freight and a city.

[Michael Delamar]

ive found this one, I remember this railtour was featured on one of the B&R videos and mention was made of it finishing at Ducie street so hopefully there may be more shots..

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=866944&page=339

 

http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/650807lc.html

Edited July 4, 2013 by Michael Delamar

[paulbb]

I do remember that the top of those yards by what was then London Road station were shunted by J11's locos from Gorton in the mid/late 1950's, although I am not sure how far down steam locos were allowed to go. The forthcoming Bachmann model will be a good choice for a model, tho I think 08's came along in the early 1960's.

[xveitch]

I think this is the best shot so far; a sky view photo taken to record a nearby warehouse fire in 1932. 

Xander 

[Jim Martin]

That's a great photograph. Is it from "Britain From Above"?

 

Jim