Runcorn, The Docks, Weston Point c.1900
Photo ref:
R67301
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A real mixture of shipping make up this photograph of Weston Point Docks. The main waterway we see here is the Weaver Navigation, built so that the salt boats which floated down the River Weaver from Northwich and Nantwich could get back into those Cheshire towns without fighting the flow of the river. The lock in the foreground leads to the Manchester Ship Canal and the larger docks to the right. Guano and animal bones from South America were among the more unusual imports here, as well as the more usual cargoes of hides, soap, salt and leather.
An extract from Liverpool and Merseyside Photographic Memories.
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