Manchester, View From Victoria Hotel 1889
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We are looking from the second floor of the Victoria Hotel. Manchester Exchange Station (technically in Salford) is on the left, the Cathedral on the right. The approach to the station is a bridge over the River Irwell. At the centre bottom of our picture is Cromwell's statue, by Matthew Noble. This was conceived by Thomas Goadsby, though it was presented to the city by Mrs Abel Heywood; this was her second marriage - Thomas Goadsby was her first husband, and it was Thomas Goadsby who commissioned and paid for the statue. She wanted it here on the banks of the Irwell because Thomas had saved her life here when her father's boat, the 'Emma', capsized on its launch. Many people were drowned in the tragedy. Oliver Cromwell's statue is now in Wythenshawe Park, minus his sword.
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