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At Parades: Lord Kitchener at Liverpool and Manchester
Three photographs and accompanying text, which includes a reference to dock strikes in Liverpool
'Lancashire is Delivering the Goods': munitions in the Manchester District - shell-production
Drawing of munitions production in Manchester and nearby locations, with a short discussion
Tags: Bolton, Bury, drawing, Illustrated London News, Lancashire, Manchester, munitions, war work, women
"Cottonopolis" a Vulcan's Forge: A Manchester War Foundry
Drawing of munitions production at the British Westlinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company's premises, with a short discussion.
Entrance to the tunnel of the Liverpool & Manchester rail-way, Edge-Hill
Wapping or Edge Hill Tunnel was constructed to enable goods services to operate between Liverpool docks and Manchester, as part of the planned Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It is said to be the first tunnel in the world to be bored under a city.…
Tags: construction, Edge Hill, engraving, Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester, railway, tunnel
The Mottram Viaduct of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway.
The image shows a steam locomotive and freight wagons crossing the recently-completed viaduct at Mottram, Derbyshire, where an iron construction to support the track bed had replaced an earlier wooden construction. This had been achieved with minimal…
The Car - at Manchester.
A series of photographs and commentary on the Manchester Motor Show of 1914, accompanied by a range of advertising. Some of the advertisements are directly related to cars, other relate to a range of consumer products such as patent medicines. Page…
The Great Railway Strike: comments and responses
The files on this item are all drawn from the same edition of the Illustrated London News, from early October 1919. They all relate to a national railway strike which started on 27 September 1919.
During World War One, and its immediate aftermath, …
During World War One, and its immediate aftermath, …
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British and French prisoners of the Turks: our groups named
Photographs of Prisoners of War, reproduced from a Turkish newspaper, with identifying names and regiments. Includes three members of Lancashire…