Manchester

12 Sep 18       To Salford Quays then a walk back to Manchester city centre along the Bridgewater Canal .  Mostly sunny.

Poppies: Wave, by Paul Cummins and Tom Piper.

At the Imperial War Museum North, Salford Quays.

Bee United, by Joseph Venning.

Bee United, at the Manchester United stadium, Old Trafford.

Construction work on the Trafford Centre tram line.

At Pomona, where the new line joins the existing Eccles line.

Rebar cage being lifted into position on a pillar for the new viaduct.

The Exchange Quay offices from the Trafford Road bridge,
which used to be a swing bridge but not any more.

The Bibby Hydromap survey boat 'Pulsar' below
the Millennium Bridge, Salford Quays.

The X1 MediaCity apartment buildings and the
Bupa Place office building, from Huron Basin.

The Duet apartment blocks under construction, Erie Basin.

Tower crane at one of the Duet apartment blocks,
under construction at Erie Basin.

The Birds and the Bees, by Caroline Daly

The Ordsall Chord rail bridge over the river Irwell at the junction
with the Manchester, Bolton and Bury canal, Salford.

The Ordsall Chord rail bridge.

The Merchants' Warehouse from the Middle Warehouse basin, Castlefield.

The Deansgate Square apartment blocks from
the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin.

The Beetham Tower and canal narrowboats at Castlefield.

A bascule footbridge, the Merchants' Bridge and Victorian railway
viaducts from the Middle Warehouse basin, Castlefield.

The Merchants' Warehouse from the Middle Warehouse basin, Castlefield.

Two of the four Deansgate Square apartment blocks
under construction, from Castlefield Basin.

The Beetham Tower and canal narrowboats at Castlefield.

Two of the four Deansgate Square apartment blocks under construction.

Tower blocks in Manchester city centre seen from Manchester Road, Droylsden.