Manchester, Piccadilly 1895
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The dome of the Infirmary is on the left, and Lewis's tower is in the centre. On Tuesday 1 September 1908, a large crowd gathered here to watch about one hundred patients being moved out of the Infirmary. Horse-drawn ambulances, taxi cabs, flat wagons, and even a horse bus were used to convey the patients down to the new Royal Infirmary on Oxford Road. Only one patient was left behind because he was too ill to move. The main buildings were soon demolished, but the Wash House remained, as did part of the Asylum, which was used as a reference library before the Central Library was built.
An extract from Manchester Photographic Memories.
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