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This lock dropped boats from the Bridgewater Canal to the River Irwell (and to the Manchester Ship Canal). The River Medlock enters the Irwell next to the bottom gates. The railway viaducts above carry the line from Liverpool to Manchester Oxford Road, and the Metrolink trams. This lock is now disused, a new lock at Pomona connecting the Bridgewater with Salford Quays.
©S Parish
The Gresham and Craven site (former iron works?) on Ordsall Lane, Salford, viewed from the Woden Street footbridge.
©David Dixon
Flats & apartments beside the Irwell.
©Row17
Looking across the River Irwell from the Salford side of the Salford/Manchester boundary. The water of the River Medlock joins the Irwell here after meandering across and under parts of Manchester City centre. Also visible (under the railway arch) are Hulme locks which connected the nearby Bridgewater Canal with the River Irwell.
©Keith Williamson
Dist:0.1km<br/>Looking upstream, from the Woden Street footbridge. The apartment blocks directly ahead are at the confluence of the Irwell and Medlock rivers. The former Hulme Locks Junction Canal is through the arches of the railway viaduct on the right. The Hulme Locks Junction Canal was only 200 metres in length, but it formed an important connection between the Bridgewater Canal and the River Irwell/Manchester Ship Canal but has fallen into a state of decline today having been replaced by a new lock which was built in 1995 near to Pamona Dock Number 3.
©David Dixon
Dist:0.1km<br/>A connection between the Manchester Ship Canal / River Irwell (as seen) and the Bridgewater Canal. Now abandoned and replaced by a new connection further downstream.
©Robin Webster
Dist:0.1km<br/>This hexagonal structure, by the north side of Wooden Street footbridge across the River Irwell, looks rather like a bandstand. Behind is Steele House.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.1km<br/>A modernist apartment block on the bank of the River Irwell close to the junction of the River Medlock.
©Jonathan Wilkins
Dist:0.1km<br/>Woden (not Wooden) Street, is a street off Ordsall Lane, in an area of Salford which has been heavily redeveloped. On the right of the street is Lamba Court, a modern complex of multi-storey apartment blocks. The left side of the street is overgrown with vegetation, following the demolition of the buildings which were once there. No doubt it will not be long before new buildings go up here. In the distance is a viaduct which used to carry railway lines, but now takes Manchester Metrolink's trams through the centre of Manchester. The Eccles branch runs through the Salford Quays district.
©P L Chadwick
Dist:0.1km<br/>Flats on Water Street, occupying the land between the Rivers Irwell (left) and Medlock.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.1km<br/>A modern building, located in Ordsall, Salford, bristling with security measures - cameras, high fences, doubled entry gates.
©Keith Williamson
Dist:0.1km<br/>This footbridge, constructed in 1873, spans the River Irwell at the end of Woden Street, Ordsall, Salford and links Salford with Manchester. Manchester is on the right bank of the river as seen here. This bridge is also known as Mark Addy's Bridge in honour of a local man, Mark Addy (1838-1890), who owned a riverside tavern and is reputed to have saved at least 50 people from drowning in the river. (http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/celebs/military.html )
©Keith Williamson
Dist:0.2km<br/>Very few bridges crossed the Irwell, so this was a strategic link across the river to Salford. Well-maintained, it is just as important today - and possibly more so as the local population has risen dramatically and shopping facilities on the Manchester bank are sparse.
©Jonathan Wilkins
Dist:0.2km<br/>Ordsall Lane, Salford.
©David Dixon
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©Steve Fareham

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    As an ex resident of chorlton I was wondering how the new tram line was working out, I watched it unfold down through the months prior to leaving for new zealand and haven't heard much …
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