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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,blocked drain,choked gully,surface water flooding,fallen leaves,highway drainage,climate adaptation,heavy rainfall,flood resilience,blocked,drain,choked,leaves,drainage,flooding,surface,water,climate,change,heavy,rain,flood,resilience,urban drainage,down,useless,rainy,weather,extremes,expected,environment,conservation,maintenance
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FE93WE - . Fallen leaves choke a roadside drain, a mundane maintenance problem that can quickly reduce drainage capacity during heavy rain and worsen surface-water flooding when gullies are not kept clear. Road gullies and drains are designed to carry surface water away quickly, but fallen leaves, litter and silt can block the grating and sharply reduce capacity. During intense rain, water then ponds on the carriageway and can contribute to local surface-water flooding even when the underground pipe itself is not defective. Climate projections for the UK point towards heavier rainfall events in a warmer atmosphere, increasing attention on routine drainage maintenance as part of climate adaptation. The image is deliberately undramatic: it shows the small maintenance failure that can precede a much larger problem, linking street cleansing, highway drainage and flood resilience at the level residents actually encounter. Leaves are a predictable seasonal load on drainage systems, so councils often target gully cleaning around autumn
increasingly intense rainfall can make the interval between routine cleans more consequential. A road gully is only one small part of a drainage system, but its position at the surface makes it the critical entry point for rainwater. Once leaves bridge the grating, more debris can accumulate rapidly and water is forced to seek another route, often across the carriageway or towards property. Autumn leaf fall creates a predictable maintenance burden, while short intense downpours can overwhelm even clear drains if rainfall exceeds design capacity. Climate adaptation therefore requires both major investment and unglamorous routine work such as sweeping streets, inspecting gullies and clearing silt. The blocked grate is a strong visual example because the failure mechanism is immediately understandable: expensive underground infrastructure is of limited use if water cannot get through the first opening.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9816,Falkirk Wheel,beside the canal,Falkirk,Scotland,UK,canal,boat lift,engineering,tourism,landmark,Union Canal,Forth and Clyde,waterway,visitor,attraction,architecture,modern,structure,travel,destination,heritage,transport,innovation,rotating,water,civil,outdoor,Scottish,iconic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BFP2 - . Falkirk Wheel beside the canal, Falkirk, Scotland, UK. Photographed on 27 June 2026. The recorded location is Falkirk Wheel, Falkirk, Scotland, UK. The rotating boat lift is one of Scotland's best-known pieces of modern engineering and links the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. This wide view includes the visitor centre area and surrounding water, making it suitable for editorial use on tourism, civil engineering, waterways, canal heritage, transport innovation and Falkirk attractions. For leisure boating, the historical context is that canal infrastructure is a legacy of the Industrial Revolution, when navigable waterways linked mines, mills, factories and ports
The same lock chambers and towpaths now support leisure cruising, walking, cycling, wildlife and waterside redevelopment. For leisure boating, the 2026 context is that the condition and funding of ageing waterway infrastructure remain recurring issues, while canals are valued for navigation, walking, cycling, biodiversity and urban regeneration as well as heritage. Further relevant search phrases include inland waterway, lock gates, industrial transport, canal engineering, canal restoration, industrial archaeology, waterside regeneration, walking route, cycling route, historic freight route, 255A9816, landmark, architecture, travel, destination, and outdoor. Further subject-specific language includes Scottish and iconic. Looking at industrial archaeology, the longer history is that britain's canals were built principally in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to move coal, raw materials and manufactured goods cheaply between industrial districts, ports and growing towns
Locks, basins, bridges and towpaths survive as engineering heritage. The subject also connects inland waterway, lock gates and industrial transport within the same editorial theme. Its wider context brings together lock gates, industrial transport and canal engineering.
Falkirk Wheel, Falkirk, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,maintenance,Peel Ports,MSCC,IMG_0037,BCCL,working,barge,Bridgewater Canal,Thelwall,Lymm,Cheshire,England,UK,workboat,canal,boat,moored,water,inland,waterways,industrial,heritage,engineering,traditional,reflections,wooded,navigation,operations
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKP094 - . BCCL working barge on the Bridgewater Canal between Thelwall and Lymm, Cheshire, England, UK. Photographed on 25 May 2026. The recorded location is Bridgewater Canal, between Thelwall and Lymm, Cheshire, England, UK. The traditional flat-sided workboat is moored on a quiet wooded stretch of canal, with equipment and materials visible on deck and reflections in the still water. The image documents the practical working side of Britain's canal network rather than leisure cruising alone, showing how specialist craft continue to support maintenance and operational activity on historic waterways. The background to town centre is that town and neighbourhood photographs record the accumulation of ordinary change: road layouts, shop names, signage, public art and building uses
Their value increases when compared over decades because apparently minor details can become the clearest evidence of transformation. Within the history of canal heritage, the canal network changed from commercial freight route to recreational and heritage asset during the twentieth century
Surviving warehouses, locks, mileposts and engineering structures preserve evidence of its original industrial purpose. In relation to lifeline ferry, historical context shows that harbours and ferry ports have shaped coastal communities for centuries, providing sheltered water for fishing, trade and passenger travel
Quays, piers, slipways and terminal buildings record evolving vessel sizes and the transition from cargo handling to modern roll-on roll-off ferry operations. Current 2026 context around town centre is that regeneration, housing growth and changing high streets continue to alter many British towns, giving well-located photographs practical relevance for local-past comparison. Against the 2026 backdrop for canal heritage, modern waterway policy increasingly combines maintenance with climate resilience, habitat management and active travel
Older canal photographs therefore illustrate.
Bridgewater Canal, between Thelwall and Lymm, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,High Peak,Derbyshire,England,UK,historic,SK17,SK17 6AY,Saint Ann,well,pumping,pipes,Devonshire,pump,room,rooms,door,doors,entrance,hospital,patient,patients,only,stone,architecture,Victorian,water,waters,arch,arched,outside,seven,Wonders of the Peak,Thomas Hobbes,St Anns Well,St Annes Well,Arnemetia
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJPXHT - . St Anns Well, pump room , George St, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK17 6AY. Photographed on 20 August 2023. The Pump Room is well worth a visit alone. The newly-restored, stunning late Victorian building was erected to resolve the overcrowding of the town's thermal baths and provide a place for locals and holidaymakers to 'take the waters', commune and relax. The building is dedicated to Arnemetia, the Romano-British goddess of the sacred grove, referencing Buxton's history as one of Britain's only two Roman bath towns. Aquae Arnemetiae. The background to historic well is that public fountains and wells were once practical infrastructure for drinking water as well as decorative civic features
In many towns their original utility declined after piped domestic water became universal, leaving them as monuments, landmarks or restored street furniture. Within the history of diagnostic imaging, the National Health Service, founded in 1948, created a universal healthcare system whose hospitals, ambulances, clinics and public-information campaigns became familiar features of British life
Medical technology has continually changed the appearance of those services. Current 2026 context around historic well is that public drinking-water provision has renewed relevance because refill schemes seek to reduce single-use plastic bottles, while historical fountains require maintenance if they are to remain functional rather than purely decorative. Against the 2026 backdrop for diagnostic imaging, seasonal vaccination continues to be a major public-health tool , particularly for influenza and respiratory illness among higher-risk groups
Campaign material illustrates how health services encourage uptake through everyday communication. Alternative search wording includes drinking fountain, water supply, civic infrastructure, public realm, heritage feature, water history, town landmark, refill water, public drinking water, and stone fountain.
George St, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK17 6AY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,canal bridge,bridges,summer,evening,town,centre,waterways,British,industrial,heritage,urban,calm,water,reflections,traditional,architecture,timber framed,timber frame,buildings,River Weaver Navigation,metal bridge,riverside buildings,Tudor style buildings,black and white timber framing,brick houses,historic townscape,waterways England,inland waterways,English towns,northern England,travel destination,market town,urban regeneration,Cheshire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDJ2H - This image shows Town Swing Bridge spanning the River Weaver in the heart of Northwich, Cheshire, captured on a calm summer evening with clear reflections mirrored in the still water below. The bridge forms an important crossing on Chester Way and is a distinctive local landmark, combining functional engineering with a strong sense of place within the historic town centre.
Behind the bridge, traditional black and white timber framed buildings sit alongside red brick riverside properties, reflecting Northwich's layered architectural history. The River Weaver has been central to the town's development for centuries, particularly through its role in salt production, navigation, and later industrial transport, shaping Northwich into one of Cheshire's key inland waterway towns.
The soft evening light, blue sky, and scattered clouds create a tranquil atmosphere, while the reflections in the river emphasise the symmetry between bridge, buildings, and water. The scene highlights the quieter, reflective character of Northwich beyond its industrial past, showing how historic infrastructure and waterways continue to define the town's identity.
This photograph works as strong editorial imagery illustrating British inland waterways, historic town centres, industrial heritage, and the everyday relationship between towns and their rivers in northern England.
Town Swing Bridge, Chester Way, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK , CW9 5BX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Quay,canals,boat,foreground,marina,UK,inland waterways,sailing,boating,Cheshire,tourist,travel,England,waterside,attraction,attractions,traffic,mooring,moorings,moored summer,calm,water,maritime,River Weaver,colourful canal boats,pleasure craft UK,boating lifestyle,waterside tourism,reflections on water,calm marina scene,tranquil atmosphere,residential marina,urban waterfront,harbour,heritage,holiday travel
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2REGHT7 - This image shows a canal boat in the foreground at Northwich Quay Marina, located on London Road in Northwich, Cheshire. The wide view across the marina reveals multiple narrowboats and leisure craft moored around the basin, with still water creating clear reflections of boats, trees, and surrounding buildings.
The photograph was taken in daylight under partly cloudy skies, with soft light and broken cloud cover enhancing the reflective surface of the water. The presence of a canal boat in the immediate foreground adds depth and visual interest, drawing the viewer into the scene and emphasising the scale and calmness of the marina.
Northwich Quay Marina is a popular destination for leisure boaters and visitors, providing access to the River Weaver navigation and the wider UK canal network. The marina sits close to the town centre, combining waterside recreation with nearby shops, cafés, and walking routes.
The image captures a tranquil and attractive aspect of British canal life, appealing to tourists, boating enthusiasts, and those interested in slow travel, heritage waterways, and waterside regeneration in England.
Northwich Quay Marina, London Road, Northwich, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, CW9 5HD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,textile,Lancs,England,UK,English,mills,manufacture,Mill,Burnley,history,tourism,steam,powered,weaving,mill,BB4,BB4 9PX,1082 Burnley Road East,Water,Rossendale,Lancashire,Jones,Textilaties,Ltd,company,business,firm,display,cabinet,museum,Jones Textilaties Limited,red frame,red cabinet,Cottonopolis
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PMKDY1 - . Jones Textilaties Ltd display - 1082 Burnley Road East, Water, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK, BB4 9PX. Photographed on 6 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 1082 Burnley Road East, Water, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK, BB4 9PX, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include textile, Lancs, mills, manufacture, Mill, Burnley, history, tourism, steam, powered, weaving, BB4, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
1082 Burnley Road East, Water, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK, BB4 9PX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,textile,Lancs,England,UK,English,mills,manufacture,Mill,Burnley,history,tourism,steam,powered,weaving,mill,BB4,BB4 9PX,1082 Burnley Road East,Water,Rossendale,Lancashire,Jones,Textilaties,Ltd,company,business,firm,display,cabinet,museum,Jones Textilaties Limited,red frame,red cabinet
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PMKDY2 - . Jones Textilaties Ltd display - 1082 Burnley Road East, Water, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK, BB4 9PX. Photographed on 6 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 1082 Burnley Road East, Water, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK, BB4 9PX, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include textile, Lancs, mills, manufacture, Mill, Burnley, history, tourism, steam, powered, weaving, BB4, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
1082 Burnley Road East, Water, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK, BB4 9PX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,textile,Lancs,England,UK,English,mills,Cottonopolis,manufacture,Mill,Burnley,history,tourism,steam,powered,weaving,mill,loom,looms,machine,factory,Jones Textilaties,Ltd,display,cabinet,textiles,1082,Burnley Road East,Water,Rossendale,Lancashire,monochrome,BW,black and white
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PMKDY4 - . Jones Textilaties Ltd display - 1082 Burnley Road East, Water, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK - BW. Photographed on 6 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 1082 Burnley Road East, Water, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK, BB4 9PX, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include textile, Lancs, mills, Cottonopolis, manufacture, Mill, Burnley, history, tourism, steam, powered, weaving, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
1082 Burnley Road East, Water, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK, BB4 9PX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,textile,Lancs,England,UK,English,mills,Cottonopolis,manufacture,Mill,Burnley,history,tourism,steam,powered,weaving,mill,loom,looms,machine,factory,Jones Textilaties,Ltd,display,cabinet,textiles,1082,Burnley Road East,Water,Rossendale,Lancashire,factories,system,company,business,firm,thread
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PMKDY5 - . Jones Textilaties Ltd display - 1082 Burnley Road East, Water, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK. Photographed on 6 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 1082 Burnley Road East, Water, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK, BB4 9PX, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include textile, Lancs, mills, Cottonopolis, manufacture, Mill, Burnley, history, tourism, steam, powered, weaving, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
1082 Burnley Road East, Water, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK, BB4 9PX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Yorkshire,Victorian water supply,Heptonstall,West Yorkshire,stone structure,rural infrastructure,Calderdale,Hebden Bridge area,Yorkshire Pennines,public utilities,nineteenth century engineering,stone arch,iron water tap,cast iron pipework,historic utility building,clean water history,British infrastructure,heritage engineering,rural services,editorial heritage,daylight exterior,history,historic,heritage,arch,grid,pump,pumps,claen,water,pipe,pipes,well
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RG1W2C - Heptonstall is a small village and civil parish within the Calderdale borough of West Yorkshire, England, historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The population of Heptonstall, including the hamlets of Colden and Slack Top, is 1,448, increasing to 1,470 at the 2011 Census. The town of Hebden Bridge lies directly to the south-east. Although Heptonstall is part of Hebden Bridge as a post town, it is not within the Hebden Royd town boundaries.
The village is on the route of the Calderdale Way, a 50-mile (80 km) circular walk around the hills and valleys of Calderdale
The place-name 'Heptonstall' is first recorded as Heptonstall in the 1274 Wakefield Court Rolls, and in 1316 in the Feudal Aids. The name means the stall or stable in Hebden. The name 'Hebden' means rose-hip dene or valley
Heptonstall was the site of a battle during the early part of the English Civil War in 1643.
Historically a centre for hand-loom weaving, Heptonstall's cottages and terraced houses are characterised by large first-floor windows to maximise the light for weaving
In the mid-1980s the paving on a road through Heptonstall was removed, revealing the original stone setts. Although there was a plan to remove the setts, local protests convinced the council to restore them. At the same time the existing concrete street lights were replaced with late 19th-century cast-iron gas lamps. Both developments acted as a traffic calming measure.
Victorian water supply structure, Heptonstall, West Yorkshire
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Yorkshire,Victorian water supply,Heptonstall,West Yorkshire,stone structure,rural infrastructure,Calderdale,Hebden Bridge area,Yorkshire Pennines,public utilities,nineteenth century engineering,stone arch,iron water tap,cast iron pipework,historic utility building,clean water history,British infrastructure,heritage engineering,rural services,editorial heritage,daylight exterior,history,historic,heritage,arch,grid,pump,pumps,claen,water,pipe,pipes,well
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RG1W3A - Heptonstall is a small village and civil parish within the Calderdale borough of West Yorkshire, England, historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The population of Heptonstall, including the hamlets of Colden and Slack Top, is 1,448, increasing to 1,470 at the 2011 Census. The town of Hebden Bridge lies directly to the south-east. Although Heptonstall is part of Hebden Bridge as a post town, it is not within the Hebden Royd town boundaries.
The village is on the route of the Calderdale Way, a 50-mile (80 km) circular walk around the hills and valleys of Calderdale
The place-name 'Heptonstall' is first recorded as Heptonstall in the 1274 Wakefield Court Rolls, and in 1316 in the Feudal Aids. The name means the stall or stable in Hebden. The name 'Hebden' means rose-hip dene or valley
Heptonstall was the site of a battle during the early part of the English Civil War in 1643.
Historically a centre for hand-loom weaving, Heptonstall's cottages and terraced houses are characterised by large first-floor windows to maximise the light for weaving
In the mid-1980s the paving on a road through Heptonstall was removed, revealing the original stone setts. Although there was a plan to remove the setts, local protests convinced the council to restore them. At the same time the existing concrete street lights were replaced with late 19th-century cast-iron gas lamps. Both developments acted as a traffic calming measure.
Victorian water supply structure, Heptonstall, West Yorkshire
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Merseyside,office,swim,swims,Scouse,Liverpudlian,artist,of,Ethan,swimming,mural,in,side,the,Abbey Road bar,re-birth,after,pandemic,lockdown,Coronavirus,Paul Curtis,Mersey,Mersey artist,streetart,street art,blue,water,pool,babe,on,buildings,building,offices
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P6JHR5 - Baby Ethan Mural
A huge baby swimming underwater in Liverpool city centre. This mural by street artist, Paul Curtis, is potentially the largest street art painting in the centre of Liverpool. Located on the side of The Abbey Road bar on Harrington Street in Liverpool, the mural was painted in May 2021 and took 8 days to complete. It measures 18 metres high and 10 metres wide. The piece was commissioned by Derwent Estates Ltd. The baby is said to represent the re-birth of Liverpool and the new hopes and potential of the future following the Coronavirus lockdowns. The underwater element was to try to create an illusion that the building is a pool tank. It also allowed the use of a rich blue colour to help add bright colour to the piece. The name Ethan is chosen by the artist. At the time of painting, his sister was expecting a baby boy, named Ethan.
Harrington St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 9QF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,United kingdom,fire,prevention,buckets,FRA,FRAs,risk assessments,checks,check,walking watch,walking watches,building,equipment,foam,water,health,and,safety,sand,sand bucket,sand buckets,Chubb,Chubb Fire & Security,Chubb Fire Security,Security,on,a,rack,racked,stacked,pressurised,extinguisher,extinguishers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KXCK4X - . An on-location photograph from United Kingdom in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The photograph centres on Chubb fire extinguishers and red fire buckets, health and safety. The setting additionally reflects regional identity, everyday life, public transport network, before-and-after reference, transport interchange, community identity, local character, commuter travel, station environment, archival record, social history, rail mobility, place identity, and passenger railway. From a 2025-onward perspective, reliability and integrated transport are closely linked to this subject, alongside the reshaping of Britain's passenger railway in the mid-2020s. For later comparison, the photograph preserves equipment and working practice at United Kingdom, details that may look very different after closure or conversion. Further associations within the scene are regional rail, rail infrastructure, local history, urban rail transport, railway branding, contemporary social history, rail modernisation, and period detail. The recorded references to safety, buckets, extinguishers, Chubb, and health preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within United Kingdom, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image also provides a reference for reliability and the role of public transport in reducing congestion and emissions within the real-world context of United Kingdom. Another useful connection is accessibility and how rail stations anchor city-centre mobility and regeneration within the specific setting of United Kingdom. The scene further reflects accessibility and the role of public transport in reducing congestion and emissions as part of the longer story of United Kingdom.
United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Yorkshire Water,water,utilities,public,covers,cast iron grid,metal utility cover,public utilities,England,UK,Yorkshire Water Services,water company UK,utility access cover,drainage grid,pavement infrastructure,municipal services,weathered metal,rust texture,industrial surface,embossed lettering,street furniture,civil engineering,public works,infrastructure maintenance,environmental services,close up detail,abstract texture,photography,drain,supply,freshwater,waste,wastewater,York,Yorkshire,bosses,bonuses
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R59X4D - This image shows a close-up view of a cast iron utility grid embossed with the words Yorkshire Water . The surface displays heavy rusting and weathering, with strong geometric patterns and raised lettering visible across the metal.
Grids and covers of this type form part of the underground water and drainage infrastructure managed by Yorkshire Water, one of the regional water and wastewater providers in England. Such access points allow inspection and maintenance of buried systems that support clean water supply and wastewater management.
The visible corrosion and patina reflect long-term exposure to weather, foot traffic, and vehicle loads, highlighting both the durability of cast iron and the ageing condition of much UK utility infrastructure. Although largely unnoticed by the public, these installations are essential to everyday urban and suburban life.
Photographed tightly to emphasise texture, typography, and material decay, the image works well as editorial material illustrating public utilities, infrastructure resilience, industrial design, and the often-overlooked physical fabric of water services in Britain.
York, England, United Kingdom, YO1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Stockport,Cheshire,England,UK,at,architecture,grade II,listing,renovated,warehouse,water,waterway,waterside,warehouses,canalside,canal side,building,mill,mills,redeveloped,preserved,Peak canal,inland,waterways,history,historic,sandstone,local,towpath,tow path,beside,the,office,offices,accomodation
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4CAEC - . This scene at Peak Forest Canal Lockside Mill at Marple Locks, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 6BN in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The image documents Stone, millstone grit, Peak Forest Canal Lockside Mill at Marple Locks, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 6BN. Further facets of the scene include towpath landscape, inland boating, visual archive, canal heritage, public realm, community identity, changing land use, period detail, historical comparison, navigation engineering, regional identity, canal infrastructure, heritage boating, and social history. From a 2025-onward perspective, climate adaptation and biodiversity are closely linked to this subject, alongside the cost of keeping ageing locks and canal structures operational. The image fixes street furniture and boundaries within Peak Forest Canal Lockside Mill at Marple Locks, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 6BN at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. The location also brings in place identity, contemporary social history, blue-green corridor, archival record, inland navigation, changing streetscape, industrial waterway history, and lock flight. References to Forest, Stone, Canal, Lockside, and Marple give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Peak Forest Canal Lockside Mill at Marple Locks, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 6BN, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Its period value extends to climate adaptation and how navigation heritage coexists with modern flood and environmental management within the real-world context of Peak Forest Canal Lockside Mill at Marple Locks, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 6BN.
Peak Forest Canal Lockside Mill at Marple Locks, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 6BN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Hyde,Manchester,UK,2Hen,VI,water,supply,drinking,In commemoration of the introduction of a supply of water,this fountain was presented,to the village of Mottram,by,Edward Chapman,Esq JP of HillEnd,Joshua Hirst,Chairman of the water committee,Robert Booth,Rev John RC Miller,Harry A Costobadie,Joseph Oldham,Adolphus Evill,Joseph Robinson,Thomas Halstead,Isaac Shaw,Isaac Higginbottom,James Sidebottom,N.Buckley,Clerk,Foster,son & Bardsley,Engineers,marble,stone,sandstone
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NK54 - The Silver Spring where England drinks, 2Hen,VI
Henry VI Part 2: Act 4 Scene 1
In commemoration of the introduction of a supply of water, this fountain was presented, to the village of Mottram, by,
Edward Chapman, Esq JP of HillEnd
Joshua Hirst,Chairman of the water committee
Robert Booth, Rev John RC Miller
Harry A Costobadie, Joseph Oldham
Adolphus Evill, Joseph Robinson
Thomas Halstead, Isaac Shaw
Isaac Higginbottom, James Sidebottom
N.Buckley,Clerk
Foster, son & Bardsley,Engineers
Mottram in Longdendale,Hyde,Tameside,Manchester,England,UK, SK14 6JL
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,National Waterways Museum South Pier Road,Ellesmere Port,Cheshire,England,UK,CH65 4FW,CH65,at,where,the,meets,water,navigation,raise,raising,lower,lowering,barges,barge,towpath,tow,path,pound lock,lock,gear,locks,rise,cill,lockgate,lockgates,painted,black,white,waterway,gradients,gradient
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K307TR - . This location-specific image from National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The frame specifically shows Lock flight at Ellesmere Port, where the Shropshire Union canal meets the Manchester Ship canal, National Waterways Museum, South Pier Rd,Cheshire, UK. The subject also carries associations with passenger transport, everyday life, public-transport wayfinding, visual archive, canal transport, before-and-after reference, canal heritage, heritage boating, street-side transport, archival record, contemporary social history, bus route infrastructure, changing land use, and local history. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with public access, waterway maintenance and the transition from freight transport to leisure and heritage use. The modern context includes continuing discussion of decarbonisation, bus funding and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense urban centres. Small period details of commercial use and occupation at National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW may become more significant with time, particularly following replacement signage. A second descriptive layer includes community identity, boat museum collection, navigation engineering, transport accessibility, surface public transport, towpath landscape, inland transport history, and working waterway. Elements such as National, Manchester, Shropshire, flight, and Waterways add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,with,embossed,on,steel,rust,rusty,England,UK,WA4 2PL,grids,covers,drains,drain,drainage,urban,man-hole,metal,cast,iron,rusting,Grappenhall Village,ironwork,history,heritage,historic,sunny,grid,cover,street,roads,road,water,utilities,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTWGP4 - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. At the centre of the view is Grid with Grappenhall embossed on cast iron, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2PL. The setting additionally reflects town-centre renewal, civic architecture, mixed-use redevelopment, public-transport wayfinding, public transport stop, historical comparison, local bus network, place-making, period architecture, adaptive reuse, archival record, changing streetscape, passenger information, and period detail. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into housing pressure and town-centre regeneration, not least because of how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. Today's relevance is strengthened by accessibility, passenger information and the continuing question of how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains period objects and surrounding context, making it especially useful if altered transport patterns subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include surface public transport, local history, street-side transport, urban regeneration, bus route infrastructure, passenger transport, local character, and public-realm investment. Elements such as embossed and Grappenhall add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another useful connection is housing pressure and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,iron,Foundry,UK,sewage,utilities,Wrexham,Welsh,Wales,Cymru,ironworks,ironwork,cast,casting,cast iron,rust,rusty,rusting,embossed,works,factory,business,foundries,rusted,Pentre,Saeson,cover,covers,drain,drains,drainage,supply,water,sewer,sewerage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRAHKE - The Pentresaeson foundry - read more at https://thefireonthehill.wordpress.com/2013/06/20/the-pentresaeson-foundry/
June 20, 2013 in 19th century, Brymbo, Industrial archaeology
Although we might think of Wrexham as a largely industrial town, with the Brymbo district as its economic powerhouse through much of the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution in north Wales was actually something of a damp squib. A. H. Dodd's classic text on the subject, first published in the 1920s, explained some of the reasons why: remote sites and poor communications restricted trade to the local area, whereas the coal and iron of south Wales had access to deep-sea ports (giving particularly direct access to the lucrative Irish market). The collieries west of Wrexham, old, smaller-scale workings on shallow seams, were a world away from the deep mines of the Rhondda, and Brymbo's steelworks was unusual in its hilly, land-locked site. By the 1900s many of the area's coal and iron operations had ceased.
The small-scale and localised development of industry in the district led to a distinctive landscape, where a patchwork of agricultural land was intermingled with small collieries, related industries such as brickworks, and villages spreading across former areas of common land. The last of these smaller scale industrial sites survived through to the 1950s, 60s and 70s
in Brymbo, a particularly interesting one lasted until the 1980s. There are now few buildings near Pentresaeson crossroads, and there were never very many, but you can still see one of the main landmarks of the immediate area, the old Taylor Brothers iron foundry and its distinctive chimney, just down the township road to Bwlchgwyn alongside the bed of the former Minera railway line. Back in the 19th century this would have been a good site for a small ironworks, with reliable supplies of coal in the immediate vicinity, a tributary stream of the Gwenfro running nearby and, from the 1840s, the railway giving vital access
Wrexham, North Wales, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,centre,England,UK,GL5,Herbert and Young,Glos,grid,embossed,Herbert & Young,Forest of Dean,FOD,town,rust,rusting,pattern,rusty,old,cover,covers,cast,iron,cast iron,metal,History,historic,heritage,Herbert,and,utilities,sewage,water,supply
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JMD5PF - . This scene at Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The principal subject is Herbert and Young Cinderford Glos grid, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5. Another layer of the photograph includes decorative metalwork, period craftsmanship, before-and-after reference, collectable heritage item, everyday life, local-history evidence, documentary photography, archival record, visual archive, antique object, historic material culture, historic artefact, material culture, and commemorative plaque. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with craftsmanship, provenance and how museums turn individual objects into wider stories about place and people. Small period details of public access and movement at Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 may become more significant with time, particularly following later reinterpretation. The location also brings in changing land use, historical comparison, historic inscription, heritage interpretation, museum object, contemporary social history, public realm, and changing streetscape. The combination of Herbert, Young, Stroud, Gloucestershire, and Cinderford anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The location additionally provides evidence of craftsmanship and how museums turn individual objects into wider stories about place and people without losing the local specificity of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5. It also preserves evidence of earlier appearance as part of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5's history. The photograph keeps period character for future local research.
Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Herefordshire,cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Hereford,HR1,England,UK,5,College Cloisters,HR1 2NG,cathedral,building,city,centre,windows,old,people,tower,Wye,River Wye,swan,swans,water,history,heritage,traditional,classic,cathedrals,fixtures,stained glass,colour,coloured,story,stories,cityscape,skyline
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPH6KB - . Made at 5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close,Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NG in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The location is represented through Stained glass showing river Wye, old bridge and Hereford cathedral - 5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close, HR1 2NG. Other connected aspects include ecclesiastical art, adaptive reuse, conservation architecture, archival record, Christian iconography, local character, place identity, changing streetscape, religious artwork, historic glazing, architectural detail, period building, heritage worship space, and community identity. Current relevance extends to visitor tourism and cultural heritage, particularly through how sacred art preserves local patrons, stories and beliefs. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into tourism and heritage conservation, not least because of the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility. The image fixes materials and architectural details within 5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close,Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NG at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against redevelopment. Further associations within the scene are conservation interest, built heritage, social history, visual archive, everyday life, urban fabric, heritage landmark, and sacred space. The recorded references to showing, bridge, College, cathedral, and Close preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at 5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close,Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NG helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Image 2JPH6KB also remains a dated record of 5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close,Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NG.
5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close,Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,WA4 5BG,tow,path,Stockton Heath,village,water,waterside,barge,mooring,moored,real estate,new,development,modern,home,homes,canalside,cute,tree,trees,nature,centre,tow path,towpath,WA4,three,storey,floor,floors,luxury,access,to,the
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDNP5 - . Photographed at 163 London Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 5BG in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The subject captured here is Waterbridge Court, Bridgewater Canal, London Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 5BG. The wider scene also brings together pedestrian environment, community identity, canal heritage, waterfront cityscape, contemporary social history, inland navigation, community life, city-centre activity, social history, waterside leisure, waterside public realm, everyday life, local history, and visual archive. For current editorial use, public access and waterway maintenance provide additional context, especially through the growing value of rivers and canals as transport, leisure and environmental corridors. Current relevance extends to commercial change and transport, particularly through how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. The archival value lies partly in recording local activity and public use around 163 London Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 5BG before changing commercial priorities alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include townscape record, regional identity, period detail, changing streetscape, waterborne travel, blue-green infrastructure, place identity, and local character. Details involving Appleton, Bridgewater, Canal, Waterbridge, and Thorn make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at 163 London Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 5BG helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2JDDNP5.
163 London Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 5BG
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Keywords: pub,bar,public house,historic,Inn,WA4,Walton Arms,148 Old Chester Road,Higher Walton,Warrington,Lancashire,UK,WA4 6TG,village,Dog Friendly,Doggy Station,treats,drinkers with dogs,mans best friend,water,food,furry friends,Vintage Inns,@Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,4 legged,friend,friends,fury,dog owner,dog owners,at,the,pubs,bars,paw,paws,to,drink,drinking
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J843JY - . An identifiable period record of Walton Arms,pub,148 Old Chester Road, Higher Walton, Warrington, Lancashire,UK, WA4 6TG in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The defining feature is Doggy Treats Station,Walton Arms,pub,148 Old Chester Road, Higher Walton, Warrington, Lancashire,UK, WA4 6TG. Another layer of the photograph includes rail transport, rolling stock, destination dining, food tourism, public realm, industrial railway heritage, social history, visitor economy, changing land use, documentary photography, night-time economy, hospitality trade, railway heritage, and commercial hospitality. Today's relevance is strengthened by tourism, staffing pressure and the continuing question of the resilience of customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy. From a 2025-onward perspective, regional connectivity and station investment are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of stations and trains in lower-carbon mobility. The archival value lies partly in recording signage and branding around Walton Arms,pub,148 Old Chester Road, Higher Walton, Warrington, Lancashire,UK, WA4 6TG before redevelopment alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with trackside history, freight wagon, train operations, period detail, licensed hospitality, local dining scene, public transport network, and rail infrastructure. References to Lancashire, Walton, Treats, Chester, and Station give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at Walton Arms,pub,148 Old Chester Road, Higher Walton, Warrington, Lancashire,UK, WA4 6TG matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The period view preserves part of the area's social history for future local research.
Walton Arms,pub,148 Old Chester Road, Higher Walton, Warrington, Lancashire,UK, WA4 6TG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,No 16,ice,icy,and,snow,in,water,waterway,canalside,footpath,day,on,the,with,barges,&,boats,near,winter,South,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 3EL,Chester Road,Stanny Lunt Bridge No 16,beautiful,lovey,scene,path,walking path,sail,sailing,boating,boat,holiday,Gropenhale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3T3HE - Stanny Lunt Bridge No 16 history
Church Lane, Grappenhall WA4 3EL, United Kingdom
Information about the place
Stanny Lunt Bridge No 16 is a minor waterways place on the Bridgewater Canal (Main Line) between Lymm Bridge No 23 (Lymm, footbridge is next to road bridge) (3 miles and 3½ furlongs to the east) and Preston Brook - Waters Meeting (Junction of the Bridgewater Canal (Main Line) with the Bridgewater Canal (Preston Brook Branch)) (6 miles and 2¾ furlongs to the southwest).
The nearest place in the direction of Lymm Bridge No 23 is Grappenhall Bridge No 17
3¼ furlongs away.
The nearest place in the direction of Preston Brook - Waters Meeting is Lumb Brook Underbridge (Stockton Heath)
7½ furlongs away.
There may be access to the towpath here.
Mooring here is unrated.
There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
Stanny Lunt Bridge, Grappenhall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,No 16,ice,icy,and,snow,in,water,waterway,canalside,footpath,day,on,the,with,barges,&,boats,near,winter,South,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 3EL,Chester Road,Stanny Lunt Bridge No 16,beautiful,lovey,scene,path,walking path,sail,sailing,boating,boat,holiday
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3T3HM - Stanny Lunt Bridge No 16 history
Church Lane, Grappenhall WA4 3EL, United Kingdom
Information about the place
Stanny Lunt Bridge No 16 is a minor waterways place on the Bridgewater Canal (Main Line) between Lymm Bridge No 23 (Lymm, footbridge is next to road bridge) (3 miles and 3½ furlongs to the east) and Preston Brook - Waters Meeting (Junction of the Bridgewater Canal (Main Line) with the Bridgewater Canal (Preston Brook Branch)) (6 miles and 2¾ furlongs to the southwest).
The nearest place in the direction of Lymm Bridge No 23 is Grappenhall Bridge No 17
3¼ furlongs away.
The nearest place in the direction of Preston Brook - Waters Meeting is Lumb Brook Underbridge (Stockton Heath)
7½ furlongs away.
There may be access to the towpath here.
Mooring here is unrated.
There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
Stanny Lunt Bridge, Grappenhall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EL
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Keywords: Hotpixuk,England,@Hotpixuk,UK,GB,Great Britain,GoTonySmith,water safety,safety,canal,M50,sign,lock,key,cold water shock,deep water,Emergency Throwline,Salford Quays,Salford,blocks,flats,housing,Vue,cinema,health,&,and,water,waterway,waterways,code,coded,keep out,of,the water,the,Quays
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DCE9ND - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 15 The Quays, Salford,England,UK, M50 3SQ in 2020, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The photograph centres on Emergency Throwline,Salford Quays, Salford, England,UK, M50. Other connected aspects include working waterway, clinical environment, place identity, local character, documentary photography, clinical services, waterside public realm, contemporary social history, social history, local history, before-and-after reference, changing land use, regional identity, and changing streetscape. The wider contemporary story combines biodiversity, water quality and the need to balance navigation, ecology and flood resilience. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with care demand, patient access and how ageing populations increase demand for care facilities. The image fixes transport arrangements and footfall within 15 The Quays, Salford,England,UK, M50 3SQ at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against closure or conversion. The wider setting retains connections with historical comparison, period detail, hospital estate, river transport, canal heritage, inland navigation, patient care, and health infrastructure. The combination of Quays, Throwline, Salford, and Emergency anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For 15 The Quays, Salford,England,UK, M50 3SQ, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is biodiversity and the role of passenger boats in broadening urban transport choices in a form that can be compared with future views of 15 The Quays, Salford,England,UK, M50 3SQ. The image fixes a local visual benchmark as a date-specific reference. It also preserves a point of historical comparison for later comparison.
15 The Quays, Salford,England,UK, M50 3SQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,SY13,10,Cottage,Shropshire Union,summer,transport,waterway,canal,canals,waterways,Wrenbury,canal cottage,history,historic,heritage,gate,gates,lock gates,lockgate,lockgates,village,water,navigation,network,transportation,height,uphill,rise,fall,rising,falling,manual,keeper,lockkeeper,lock development
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C3K5G5 - . A location-based documentary photograph from School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS, useful both for its immediate subject and for the smaller period details around it. The scene records Marbury Lock No 10, Lock-keeper's Cottage, School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS. Its broader subject matter includes public realm, industrial waterway history, towpath landscape, working waterway, riparian setting, everyday Britain, visual archive, period detail, local character, local history, contemporary history, social history, waterside infrastructure, and inland navigation. In the mid-2020s, towpath access and heritage conservation keep this subject current, particularly through the value of canals and rivers as blue-green corridors. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and public activity at School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS, details that may look very different after closure or conversion. A second layer of the scene includes documentary photography, urban change, river transport, boating network, changing streetscape, community identity, navigation engineering, and managed navigation. Details involving Whitchurch, Marbury, Lock-keeper's, Cottage, and School make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. Around School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS, apparently routine features can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar street details disappear. The location additionally provides evidence for towpath access and balancing leisure use with engineering and environmental needs within the real-world context of School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS. The image adds a further period reference to the visual history of School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS.
School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,Bath England,bath spa,spa,Royal,Bath,Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases,Royal National Hospital,Rheumatic Diseases,1738,RUH,listed building,Grade II listed,BA1,Gascoyne House Upper Borough Walls,centre,blue,sky,skies,stonework,Roman,building,buildings,architecture,Romans,style,feature,features,columns,classic,classical,crest,gold,lettering,mineral,water
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2B1YFTK - The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases is a small, specialist NHS hospital on the Royal United Hospital site in the northwestern outskirts of Bath, England.
The hospital was founded in 1738 as a general hospital for the poor in the city centre, where the frontage of its building still reads Royal Mineral Water Hospital. Thus it is known locally as The Mineral Hospital or The Min. The hospital moved to a new building at the RUH site in 2019.
From the 16th century the needs of the deserving poor who came to take the healing waters of the Roman Baths were recognised and an act of 1597 gave them the right to free use of the waters. This attracted beggars and, although the act was repealed in 1714, large numbers of people were still attracted to the city and St John's Hospital was only accessible to local residents. Plans were suggested for a hospital to receive them in 1716 with supporters which included Lady Elizabeth Hastings, Henry Hoare, Joseph Jekyll, William Oliver and Beau Nash.
The hospital was founded in 1738 as The Mineral Water Hospital. It provided care for the impoverished sick who were attracted to Bath because of the supposed healing properties of the mineral water from the spa. The original building, which was designed by John Wood the Elder, was built with Bath stone donated by Ralph Allen and completed in 1742. It was later enlarged, firstly in 1793 by the addition of an attic storey and later in 1860 by a second building erected on the west side of the earlier edifice. There is a fine pediment, in Bath stone, on the 1860 building depicting the parable of the Good Samaritan. The building was classified as Grade II* listed in 1972.
In 1993, the hospital became an NHS Foundation Trust, specialising in rheumatic disease and rehabilitation, which received a three-star rating in 2005. The hospital had a large brain injury rehabilitation service with separate units for adults, adolescents and children
this service closed in March 2013
Gascoyne House Upper Borough Walls, Bath, Somerset, England, UK, BA1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,love,padlocks,lock,bridge,Rochdale canal,tourist,Padlocks on the Bridge,romance,romantic,quality,weight of the locks,Dr Ceri Houlbrook,loving,hazard,danger,quaint,canal,canals,bridges,padlock,memory,memorial,over,lot,of,lots,names,named,his,her,initial,initials,water,waterway
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR29R - . Manchester Love Locks,Oxford Road,bridge over canal,Manchester city centre, North West,England, UK. Photographed on 3 December 2019. The recorded location is 60 Oxford St, Manchester,England,UK, M1 5EE. Love locks in Manchester to get a special city centre location. Would you leave a love lock in Manchester? Plenty of people would apparently and council wants to make it a 'thing' for tourists to do when they visit. In historical terms, britain's canals were built principally in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to move coal, raw materials and manufactured goods cheaply between industrial districts, ports and growing towns
Locks, basins, towpaths and warehouses survive as engineering heritage even where freight has given way to leisure boating, walking and waterside regeneration. From a heritage perspective, town and city centres are continually rewritten by new buildings, transport schemes and changing commercial uses
Photographs preserve the everyday fabric between major landmarks, including underpasses, arcades, back streets and small businesses that may disappear during redevelopment. During 2026, britain's historic waterways continue to be important for recreation, tourism, biodiversity and industrial heritage, while ageing locks, embankments and bridges require continuing maintenance
Urban canal corridors are also increasingly used for walking, cycling and waterside regeneration. As of 2026, current regeneration programmes make older urban photographs particularly valuable
They allow comparison of high streets, underpasses, shopping areas and public spaces before redevelopment, while also documenting local identity that may not survive physical change. Relevant long-tail terms include inland waterway, navigation, lock chamber, lock gates, canal heritage, industrial transport, waterway engineering, canal restoration, industrial archaeology, walking route, cycling route, historic freight route, urban landscape, and town centre.
60 Oxford St, Manchester,England,UK, M1 5EE
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,love,padlocks,lock,bridge,Rochdale canal,tourist,Padlocks on the Bridge,romance,romantic,quality,weight of the locks,Dr Ceri Houlbrook,padlock,memory,memorial,over,lot,of,lots,names,named,his,her,initial,initials,water,waterway,Oxford St,location,lovelock,lovelocks,everlasting,true love,locked
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR29W - . Manchester Love Locks,Oxford Road,bridge over canal,Manchester city centre, North West,England, UK. Photographed on 3 December 2019. The recorded location is 60 Oxford St, Manchester,England,UK, M1 5EE. Love locks in Manchester to get a special city centre location. Would you leave a love lock in Manchester? Plenty of people would apparently and council wants to make it a 'thing' for tourists to do when they visit. Historically, working locks, bridges and canal-side buildings reveal the engineering system that underpinned industrial Britain
Many former commercial waterways have been restored for recreation and heritage use, creating a distinctive mixture of historic infrastructure, modern development and linear green space. In historical terms, urban street scenes capture the cumulative effect of planning, architecture, transport, retail and public space
Shopfronts, signs, street furniture and pedestrians can date an image precisely and show how a district changes between periods of investment, decline and regeneration. In 2026, today the canal network is valued as much for heritage, leisure, walking routes and wildlife as for navigation. the condition and funding of ageing waterway infrastructure remain recurring issues, adding contemporary relevance to images of locks, towpaths and historic canal engineering. During 2026, urban regeneration in England continues to focus on town-centre renewal, housing, public realm and reuse of vacant commercial property
Earlier street scenes provide valuable before-and-after evidence of these changes and of the businesses or structures lost along the way. In the longer view, canal infrastructure is a legacy of the Industrial Revolution, when navigable waterways linked mines, mills, factories and ports
The same lock chambers, bridges and towpaths now support leisure cruising, cycling, walking, wildlife corridors and redevelopment, while retaining evidence of their freight-carrying past.
60 Oxford St, Manchester,England,UK, M1 5EE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,WA4,waterway,MSCC,water,witch,MSC,maintenance,boat,barge,barges,routine,repair,repairs,Thelwall,village,old,historic,history,construction,grey,gray,winter,works,working,boats,narrowboat,canals,waterways,autumn,float,floating,canal engineering,waterway history,towpath walking,inland navigation
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE344 - Documentary stock photograph of Water Witch, a working barge or canal workboat, moored on the water.htm Target=_Blank>Bridgewater Canal at Lymm, near Warrington in Cheshire, North West England. The red, black and green boat is reflected clearly in the still canal water, creating a strong symmetrical winter scene with leafless trees, muted seasonal colour and calm towpath surroundings. The letters B.C.C.L. on the hull suggest a connection with the Bridgewater Canal Company, making the image useful for editorial themes around canal maintenance, working waterways, inland navigation, local transport heritage and the practical upkeep of historic canals. The Bridgewater Canal is one of Britain's most important early industrial waterways, historically associated with the Duke of Bridgewater and the movement of coal and goods into Manchester, and today it remains a popular route for boating, walking, cycling, angling and leisure. Official canal information describes the Bridgewater Canal as a 39-mile historic canal stretching from Runcorn to Leigh in North West England, constructed more than 250 years ago. The image therefore works well for stories about Cheshire waterways, canal history, industrial archaeology, local heritage, British narrowboats, working boats, canal licensing, towpath life and winter walks in Lymm. It can also illustrate issues such as maintaining ageing canal infrastructure, protecting waterway biodiversity, conserving historic navigation routes and supporting outdoor recreation in local communities. The visible still water, bare branches and subdued light indicate a cold late autumn or winter day, with no rain visible and no strong sunshine. The reflection gives the boat added visual impact, while the quiet setting contrasts with the canal's original industrial purpose. This is a commercially useful image for travel, heritage, transport, lifestyle, environmental and local history subjects connected with Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire and the wider Bridgewater Canal corridor.
Bridgewater Canal, Lymm,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,River Weaver October 2019,Cheshire,England,UK,in,North West England,flood,Northwich,autumn,weekend,road closed,water,damage,warnings,river Weaver,river Dane,drains lifted,lifted drain,fail,failed,insurance,claims,climate change,Yellow Warning,Close flooded area,Police,Cars,close,flooded area,blue lights,response vehicles,making safe,Extinction Rebellion,Cheshire Police,on patrol
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A6YWE3 - MIKE Amesbury is calling for an urgent investigation into flooding which hit Northwich over the weekend. The town's MP spent Sunday at the scene along with Environment Agency staff, speaking to residents and businesses who had been impacted by the flooding.
He has now written to the Environment Agency and Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers calling for an urgent probe into the flooding. Waitrose car park was flooded.
Mike said: This has had a devastating impact on many local residents and it's clear questions need to be answered about what happened.
Environment Agency and council staff on the ground did a fantastic job at the scene, but in terms of the wider picture we need to know how this happened so we can ensure it doesn't happen again.
Flood defences were put to the test in July 2018.
New £7m defences were installed in June 2017, after costly floods hit the town centre “ which sits at the the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane “ in 2000 and again in 2012.
While the first phase of demountable barriers was put up on Friday night, Waitrose car park and Dane Street flooded on Saturday “ with photos showing drains in the road struggling to cope.
More at https://www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/17997547.questions-need-answered-town-centre-flooding/ Waitrose car park, Dane Street, the subway and lower Witton Street are among the areas affected.
Hayhurst Quay marina was evacuated, with a 65-year-old man rescued from the water overnight and another man taken to hospital with suspected hypothermia.
Chester Way, Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A6YWE8 - MIKE Amesbury is calling for an urgent investigation into flooding which hit Northwich over the weekend. The town's MP spent Sunday at the scene along with Environment Agency staff, speaking to residents and businesses who had been impacted by the flooding.
He has now written to the Environment Agency and Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers calling for an urgent probe into the flooding. Waitrose car park was flooded.
Mike said: This has had a devastating impact on many local residents and it's clear questions need to be answered about what happened.
Environment Agency and council staff on the ground did a fantastic job at the scene, but in terms of the wider picture we need to know how this happened so we can ensure it doesn't happen again.
Flood defences were put to the test in July 2018.
New £7m defences were installed in June 2017, after costly floods hit the town centre “ which sits at the the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane “ in 2000 and again in 2012.
While the first phase of demountable barriers was put up on Friday night, Waitrose car park and Dane Street flooded on Saturday “ with photos showing drains in the road struggling to cope.
More at https://www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/17997547.questions-need-answered-town-centre-flooding/ Waitrose car park, Dane Street, the subway and lower Witton Street are among the areas affected.
Hayhurst Quay marina was evacuated, with a 65-year-old man rescued from the water overnight and another man taken to hospital with suspected hypothermia.
Chester Way, Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,blue,cyan,pool,swimming pools,baths,swimming,Foot health,toe,toes,painted,nail,nails,feet,feets,caring,for,your,foot,joint,joints,pools,water,background,swimming pool,turquoise,colour,toenail,toenails,paint,varnish,unhealthy,healthy,athletes foot,ligaments,tendons,Corns,Calluses
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43P0J - . This authentic period view of Great Britain, UK in 2019 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The main point of reference is Foot health, toes with painted nails, background of a blue swimming pool. The wider scene also brings together changing land use, public works, civil engineering history, contemporary social history, documentary photography, municipal services, underground utilities, archival record, community identity, visual archive, sewerage heritage, public-health engineering, Victorian sanitation, and urban drainage. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into urban growth and climate resilience, not least because of the continuing importance of investment in ageing water and sewer networks. As a dated visual record of Great Britain, UK, the frame retains building condition and alterations, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes before-and-after reference, regional identity, local history, urban sanitation, period detail, place identity, everyday life, and local character. Details involving painted, nails, health, background, and swimming make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at Great Britain, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another strand within the photograph is urban growth and the continuing importance of investment in ageing water and sewer networks when considered against later change at Great Britain, UK. The setting also helps illustrate infrastructure renewal and how cast-iron utility covers preserve municipal and engineering history without losing the local specificity of Great Britain, UK. The scene captures part of the area's social history for future local research.
Great Britain, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,blue,cyan,pool,swimming pools,baths,swimming,Foot health,toe,toes,painted,nail,nails,feet,feets,caring,for,your,foot,joint,joints,pools,water,background,swimming pool,turquoise,colour,toenail,toenails,paint,varnish,unhealthy,healthy,athletes foot,ligaments,tendons,Corns,Calluses
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43P0K - . This scene at Great Britain, UK in 2019 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The scene records Foot health, toes with painted nails, background of a blue swimming pool. The frame also records themes of before-and-after reference, municipal infrastructure, place identity, contemporary social history, regional identity, changing land use, Victorian sanitation, civil engineering history, social history, urban drainage, public-health engineering, changing streetscape, sewerage heritage, and municipal services. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with maintenance, water quality and the renewed pressure on drainage systems from heavier rainfall and urban growth. Small period details of landscape treatment and surrounding development at Great Britain, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following changed technology. A second descriptive layer includes urban sanitation, historical comparison, local history, community identity, archival record, visual archive, cast-iron street furniture, and underground utilities. The combination of painted, swimming, health, nails, and background anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Great Britain, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Its period value extends to maintenance and the renewed pressure on drainage systems from heavier rainfall and urban growth without losing the local specificity of Great Britain, UK. The location additionally provides evidence of public health and the hidden infrastructure that made dense cities healthier and safer in a form that can be compared with future views of Great Britain, UK. It also preserves a point of historical comparison as a date-specific reference.
Great Britain, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,Great Britain,in a,tap,hose,public,water,FRA,FRAs,Fire Risk Assessment,checks,sleeping watch,fire safety,maintenance,fireproof,emergency,resident safety,compliance,Social Housing Fire safety,fire extinguisher,block,tower block fire,extinguishers,fire compliance,prevention,fire,safety,in,blocks,keeping,residents,tenants,tenant,safe,equipment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C9E2RW - . This period photograph records the recorded location as an identifiable real-world setting rather than a generic illustration. The principal subject is Fire hydrant tap and Fire Extinguishers station, in a public building,England,UK - water. Further connections within the scene include historical comparison, station environment, commuter travel, railway branding, urban change, local character, built environment, rail modernisation, passenger railway, contemporary history, documentary photography, rail corridor, local history, and social landscape. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with station investment, accessibility and making passenger rail simpler and more dependable. For later comparison, the photograph preserves ownership and occupation at the recorded location, details that may look very different after different community use. The wider local story also touches on everyday Britain, rail transport, transport interchange, social history, mass transit, regional rail, regional identity, and community identity. The recorded references to Extinguishers, station, water, hydrant, and public preserve clues that can help identify how the subject was presented or used at the time. The surrounding context at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another useful connection is station investment and making passenger rail simpler and more dependable in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The scene further reflects decarbonisation and reducing congestion and car dependency within the real-world context of the recorded location. Its period value extends to accessibility and reducing congestion and car dependency within the specific setting of the recorded location. The frame therefore remains a dated reference for the recorded location and the changing story of the subject shown.
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Kelpie,shape-shifting,water spirit,water,spirit,canal,River Carron,The Helix,Forth,Clyde Canal,Forth Canal,dusk,night,nighttime,blue,horse,horses,UK,hose,head,Andy Scott,Falkirk Kelpies,mythological transforming beasts,Scottish Canals,waterway,waterways,Scottish,canals,Kelpies Hub,Structural Steel,Design Awards,blue hour,complex sculptures,complex,sculptures,illuminated
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK5DB - The Kelpies are 30-metre-high horse-head sculptures depicting kelpies (shape-shifting water spirits), standing next to a new extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near River Carron, in The Helix, a new parkland project built to connect 16 communities in the Falkirk Council Area, Scotland. The sculptures were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and were completed in October 2013. The sculptures form a gateway at the eastern entrance to the Forth and Clyde canal, and the new canal extension built as part of The Helix land transformation project. The Kelpies are a monument to horse-powered heritage across Scotland.
The sculptures were opened to the public in October 2013 . As part of the project, they will have their own visitor centre, and sit beside a newly developed canal turning pool and extension. This canal extension reconnects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the River Forth, and improves navigation between the East and West of Scotland.
The name was chosen by Scottish Canals at the inception of The Helix project, in 2005. The Kelpies name reflected the mythological transforming beasts possessing the strength and endurance of 10 horses
a quality that is analogous with the transformational change and endurance of Scotland's inland waterways. The Kelpies represent the lineage of the heavy horse of Scottish industry and economy, pulling the wagons, ploughs, barges and coalships that shaped the geographical layout of the Falkirk area.
According to sculptor Andy Scott, The original concept of mythical water horses was a valid starting point for the artistic development of the structures. He also said that he took that concept and moved with it towards a more equine and contemporary response, shifting from any mythological references towards a socio-historical monument intended to celebrate the horse's role in industry and agriculture as well as the obvious association with the canals as tow horses .
Visitor Centre The Helix, Falkirk,Scotland, UK, FK2 7ZT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK5DJ - The Kelpies are 30-metre-high horse-head sculptures depicting kelpies (shape-shifting water spirits), standing next to a new extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near River Carron, in The Helix, a new parkland project built to connect 16 communities in the Falkirk Council Area, Scotland. The sculptures were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and were completed in October 2013. The sculptures form a gateway at the eastern entrance to the Forth and Clyde canal, and the new canal extension built as part of The Helix land transformation project. The Kelpies are a monument to horse-powered heritage across Scotland.
The sculptures were opened to the public in October 2013 . As part of the project, they will have their own visitor centre, and sit beside a newly developed canal turning pool and extension. This canal extension reconnects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the River Forth, and improves navigation between the East and West of Scotland.
The name was chosen by Scottish Canals at the inception of The Helix project, in 2005. The Kelpies name reflected the mythological transforming beasts possessing the strength and endurance of 10 horses
a quality that is analogous with the transformational change and endurance of Scotland's inland waterways. The Kelpies represent the lineage of the heavy horse of Scottish industry and economy, pulling the wagons, ploughs, barges and coalships that shaped the geographical layout of the Falkirk area.
According to sculptor Andy Scott, The original concept of mythical water horses was a valid starting point for the artistic development of the structures. He also said that he took that concept and moved with it towards a more equine and contemporary response, shifting from any mythological references towards a socio-historical monument intended to celebrate the horse's role in industry and agriculture as well as the obvious association with the canals as tow horses .
Visitor Centre The Helix, Falkirk,Scotland, UK, FK2 7ZT
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Kelpie,shape-shifting,water spirit,water,spirit,canal,River Carron,The Helix,Forth,Clyde Canal,Forth Canal,dusk,night,nighttime,blue,horse,horses,UK,hose,head,Andy Scott,Falkirk Kelpies,mythological transforming beasts,Scottish Canals,waterway,waterways,Scottish,canals,Kelpies Hub,Structural Steel,Design Awards,blue hour,complex sculptures,complex,sculptures,Clydesdale horse tribute,modern monumental sculpture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK5DT - One of The Kelpies at dusk, the monumental horse-head sculptures standing within The Helix parkland beside the Forth and Clyde Canal in the Falkirk council area of central Scotland. Rising dramatically above a reflecting pool, the illuminated structure glows against the blue evening sky, with its open lattice-like steel skin revealing the sculpture's internal structure and adding texture, depth and pattern to the landmark's powerful curved form.
Designed by sculptor Andy Scott, The Kelpies are among Scotland's best-known examples of contemporary public art. The pair each stand around 30 metres high and were created as a tribute to the heavy horse heritage of Scotland, particularly the Clydesdale and other working horses that once powered agriculture, industry, canal transport and urban life. Their position beside the canal reinforces those links with movement, trade, engineering and the industrial history of the Falkirk area.
The wider Helix project, often associated with the theme of connecting communities in the Falkirk council area, transformed former industrial land into a major public landscape and visitor destination. Paths, open space, water features and surrounding parkland help integrate the sculpture with the local environment while making it a gateway landmark for both residents and visitors. By day the stainless steel surfaces reflect changing light and weather, while at dusk and after dark the internal lighting gives the monument a striking, almost theatrical presence.
This image is suitable for editorial themes including Scottish tourism, public art, equine sculpture, canal regeneration, placemaking, landmark architecture, industrial heritage, outdoor lighting, community identity and travel photography. It also works well for features on Falkirk, Central Scotland visitor attractions, modern sculpture design and the continuing cultural importance of The Kelpies as a symbol of regional pride and regeneration.
Visitor Centre The Helix, Falkirk,Scotland, UK, FK2 7ZT
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Kelpie,shape-shifting,water spirit,water,spirit,canal,River Carron,The Helix,Forth,Clyde Canal,Forth Canal,dusk,night,nighttime,blue,horse,horses,UK,hose,head,Andy Scott,Falkirk Kelpies,mythological transforming beasts,Scottish Canals,waterway,waterways,Scottish,canals,Kelpies Hub,Structural Steel,Design Awards,blue hour,complex sculptures,complex,sculptures
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK5E1 - The Kelpies are 30-metre-high horse-head sculptures depicting kelpies (shape-shifting water spirits), standing next to a new extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near River Carron, in The Helix, a new parkland project built to connect 16 communities in the Falkirk Council Area, Scotland. The sculptures were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and were completed in October 2013. The sculptures form a gateway at the eastern entrance to the Forth and Clyde canal, and the new canal extension built as part of The Helix land transformation project. The Kelpies are a monument to horse-powered heritage across Scotland.
The sculptures were opened to the public in October 2013 . As part of the project, they will have their own visitor centre, and sit beside a newly developed canal turning pool and extension. This canal extension reconnects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the River Forth, and improves navigation between the East and West of Scotland.
The name was chosen by Scottish Canals at the inception of The Helix project, in 2005. The Kelpies name reflected the mythological transforming beasts possessing the strength and endurance of 10 horses
a quality that is analogous with the transformational change and endurance of Scotland's inland waterways. The Kelpies represent the lineage of the heavy horse of Scottish industry and economy, pulling the wagons, ploughs, barges and coalships that shaped the geographical layout of the Falkirk area.
According to sculptor Andy Scott, The original concept of mythical water horses was a valid starting point for the artistic development of the structures. He also said that he took that concept and moved with it towards a more equine and contemporary response, shifting from any mythological references towards a socio-historical monument intended to celebrate the horse's role in industry and agriculture as well as the obvious association with the canals as tow horses .
Visitor Centre The Helix, Falkirk,Scotland, UK, FK2 7ZT
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Kelpie,shape-shifting,water spirit,water,spirit,canal,River Carron,The Helix,Forth,Clyde Canal,Forth Canal,dusk,night,nighttime,blue,horse,horses,UK,hose,head,Andy Scott,Falkirk Kelpies,mythological transforming beasts,Scottish Canals,waterway,waterways,Scottish,canals,Kelpies Hub,Structural Steel,Design Awards,blue hour,complex sculptures,complex,sculptures
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK5E4 - The Kelpies are 30-metre-high horse-head sculptures depicting kelpies (shape-shifting water spirits), standing next to a new extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near River Carron, in The Helix, a new parkland project built to connect 16 communities in the Falkirk Council Area, Scotland. The sculptures were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and were completed in October 2013. The sculptures form a gateway at the eastern entrance to the Forth and Clyde canal, and the new canal extension built as part of The Helix land transformation project. The Kelpies are a monument to horse-powered heritage across Scotland.
The sculptures were opened to the public in October 2013 . As part of the project, they will have their own visitor centre, and sit beside a newly developed canal turning pool and extension. This canal extension reconnects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the River Forth, and improves navigation between the East and West of Scotland.
The name was chosen by Scottish Canals at the inception of The Helix project, in 2005. The Kelpies name reflected the mythological transforming beasts possessing the strength and endurance of 10 horses
a quality that is analogous with the transformational change and endurance of Scotland's inland waterways. The Kelpies represent the lineage of the heavy horse of Scottish industry and economy, pulling the wagons, ploughs, barges and coalships that shaped the geographical layout of the Falkirk area.
According to sculptor Andy Scott, The original concept of mythical water horses was a valid starting point for the artistic development of the structures. He also said that he took that concept and moved with it towards a more equine and contemporary response, shifting from any mythological references towards a socio-historical monument intended to celebrate the horse's role in industry and agriculture as well as the obvious association with the canals as tow horses .
Visitor Centre The Helix, Falkirk,Scotland, UK, FK2 7ZT
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Kelpie,shape-shifting,water spirit,water,spirit,canal,River Carron,The Helix,Forth,Clyde Canal,Forth Canal,dusk,night,nighttime,blue,horse,horses,UK,hose,head,Andy Scott,Falkirk Kelpies,mythological transforming beasts,Scottish Canals,waterway,waterways,Scottish,canals,Kelpies Hub,Structural Steel,Design Awards,blue hour,complex sculptures,complex,sculptures
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK5E8 - The Kelpies are 30-metre-high horse-head sculptures depicting kelpies (shape-shifting water spirits), standing next to a new extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near River Carron, in The Helix, a new parkland project built to connect 16 communities in the Falkirk Council Area, Scotland. The sculptures were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and were completed in October 2013. The sculptures form a gateway at the eastern entrance to the Forth and Clyde canal, and the new canal extension built as part of The Helix land transformation project. The Kelpies are a monument to horse-powered heritage across Scotland.
The sculptures were opened to the public in October 2013 . As part of the project, they will have their own visitor centre, and sit beside a newly developed canal turning pool and extension. This canal extension reconnects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the River Forth, and improves navigation between the East and West of Scotland.
The name was chosen by Scottish Canals at the inception of The Helix project, in 2005. The Kelpies name reflected the mythological transforming beasts possessing the strength and endurance of 10 horses
a quality that is analogous with the transformational change and endurance of Scotland's inland waterways. The Kelpies represent the lineage of the heavy horse of Scottish industry and economy, pulling the wagons, ploughs, barges and coalships that shaped the geographical layout of the Falkirk area.
According to sculptor Andy Scott, The original concept of mythical water horses was a valid starting point for the artistic development of the structures. He also said that he took that concept and moved with it towards a more equine and contemporary response, shifting from any mythological references towards a socio-historical monument intended to celebrate the horse's role in industry and agriculture as well as the obvious association with the canals as tow horses .
Visitor Centre The Helix, Falkirk,Scotland, UK, FK2 7ZT
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Kelpie,shape-shifting,water spirit,water,spirit,canal,River Carron,The Helix,Forth,Clyde Canal,Forth Canal,dusk,night,nighttime,blue,horse,horses,UK,hose,head,Andy Scott,Falkirk Kelpies,mythological transforming beasts,Scottish Canals,waterway,waterways,Scottish,canals,Kelpies Hub,Structural Steel,Design Awards,blue hour,complex sculptures,complex,sculptures,illuminated
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK5M1 - The Kelpies are 30-metre-high horse-head sculptures depicting kelpies (shape-shifting water spirits), standing next to a new extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near River Carron, in The Helix, a new parkland project built to connect 16 communities in the Falkirk Council Area, Scotland. The sculptures were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and were completed in October 2013. The sculptures form a gateway at the eastern entrance to the Forth and Clyde canal, and the new canal extension built as part of The Helix land transformation project. The Kelpies are a monument to horse-powered heritage across Scotland.
The sculptures were opened to the public in October 2013 . As part of the project, they will have their own visitor centre, and sit beside a newly developed canal turning pool and extension. This canal extension reconnects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the River Forth, and improves navigation between the East and West of Scotland.
The name was chosen by Scottish Canals at the inception of The Helix project, in 2005. The Kelpies name reflected the mythological transforming beasts possessing the strength and endurance of 10 horses
a quality that is analogous with the transformational change and endurance of Scotland's inland waterways. The Kelpies represent the lineage of the heavy horse of Scottish industry and economy, pulling the wagons, ploughs, barges and coalships that shaped the geographical layout of the Falkirk area.
According to sculptor Andy Scott, The original concept of mythical water horses was a valid starting point for the artistic development of the structures. He also said that he took that concept and moved with it towards a more equine and contemporary response, shifting from any mythological references towards a socio-historical monument intended to celebrate the horse's role in industry and agriculture as well as the obvious association with the canals as tow horses .
Visitor Centre The Helix, Falkirk,Scotland, UK, FK2 7ZT
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUk,GoTonySmith,NYC,NY,New York,Manhattan,USA,city,city centre,US,9/11,water,buildings,skyline,building,wideangle,Freedom Tower,new buildings,looking up,museum,New York Skyline,Manhattan Skyline,sky,skyward,WTC,wide,pool,pools,fountains,fountain,feature,cityscape,city scape,names,victims,victim,sunny,rebuilt
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK64X - 9/11 memorial's fountains flow
The fountain, where the north tower of the World Trade Center once stood, was undergoing tests of the massive pumping systems that will blast 26,000 gallons a minute over the 30-foot deep black granite walls.
Daniels, who happened upon the test yesterday, said the sight of the water filling the 1-acre pool was awe-inspiring after years of planning and building.
Construction workers from around the site paused to look and listen during the tests as engineers below the memorial plaza monitored and adjusted the 16 pumps that will circulate 480,000 gallons of recycled water.
During the design phase of the memorial, there were concerns that the fountains might be too loud. But Daniels said the sound of the cascading water yesterday created a nice, peaceful background, like the sound of the ocean.
It's perfect. It's not overwhelming at all, Daniels said.
A second fountain over the footprint of the south tower will be ready for testing later this year. A spokesman for the Port Authority, which is overseeing construction of the $500 million memorial, said yesterday's trial run went very well.
The two fountains together make up the nation's largest manmade waterfalls, and are at the heart of the design of the memorial, called Reflecting Absence.
Paula Berry, a 9/11 family member who served on the 13-member jury that picked the memorial design by Michael Arad, was ecstatic about the test run.
The presence of water is incredibly important at the memorial, said Berry. When you think of the memorial's name, Reflecting Absence, you have to have the means to reflect and the water plays that role.
But Berry said the sound of the water rushing over the sides of the fountains could very well be one of the most lasting impressions visitors take away.
Yesterday's tests lasted a few hours, and will be repeated as needed.
Construction of the memorial remains on schedule for its planned opening next Sept. 11 ” the 10th anniversary
One World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA, North America
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUk,GoTonySmith,NYC,NY,New York,Manhattan,USA,city,city centre,US,9/11,water,buildings,skyline,building,wideangle,Freedom Tower,new buildings,looking up,museum,New York Skyline,Manhattan Skyline,sky,skyward,WTC,wide,memory,memorial,09/11,reflection,ground zero,American,names,name,inscribed,911
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK655 - 9/11 memorial's fountains flow
The fountain, where the north tower of the World Trade Center once stood, was undergoing tests of the massive pumping systems that will blast 26,000 gallons a minute over the 30-foot deep black granite walls.
Daniels, who happened upon the test yesterday, said the sight of the water filling the 1-acre pool was awe-inspiring after years of planning and building.
Construction workers from around the site paused to look and listen during the tests as engineers below the memorial plaza monitored and adjusted the 16 pumps that will circulate 480,000 gallons of recycled water.
During the design phase of the memorial, there were concerns that the fountains might be too loud. But Daniels said the sound of the cascading water yesterday created a nice, peaceful background, like the sound of the ocean.
It's perfect. It's not overwhelming at all, Daniels said.
A second fountain over the footprint of the south tower will be ready for testing later this year. A spokesman for the Port Authority, which is overseeing construction of the $500 million memorial, said yesterday's trial run went very well.
The two fountains together make up the nation's largest manmade waterfalls, and are at the heart of the design of the memorial, called Reflecting Absence.
Paula Berry, a 9/11 family member who served on the 13-member jury that picked the memorial design by Michael Arad, was ecstatic about the test run.
The presence of water is incredibly important at the memorial, said Berry. When you think of the memorial's name, Reflecting Absence, you have to have the means to reflect and the water plays that role.
But Berry said the sound of the water rushing over the sides of the fountains could very well be one of the most lasting impressions visitors take away.
Yesterday's tests lasted a few hours, and will be repeated as needed.
Construction of the memorial remains on schedule for its planned opening next Sept. 11 ” the 10th anniversary
One World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA, North America
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK6HB - The World Trade Center is a mostly completed complex of buildings in Lower Manhattan, New York City, U.S., replacing the original seven buildings on the same site that were destroyed in the September 11 attacks. The site is being rebuilt with up to six new skyscrapers, four of which have been completed
a memorial and museum to those killed in the attacks
the elevated Liberty Park adjacent to the site, containing the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and Vehicular Security Center
and a transportation hub. The 104-story One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere is the lead building for the new complex.
The buildings are among many created by the World Trade Centers Association. The original World Trade Center featured the landmark Twin Towers, which opened in 1973, and were the tallest buildings in the world at the time of their completion. They were destroyed on the morning of September 11, 2001, when al-Qaeda-affiliated hijackers flew two Boeing 767 jets into the complex in a coordinated act of terrorism. The attacks on the World Trade Center killed 2,753 people.
One World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA, North America
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PEHFK4 - Castlefield is an inner city conservation area of Manchester in North West England. The conservation area which bears its name is bounded by the River Irwell, Quay Street, Deansgate and the Chester Road. It was the site of the Roman era fort of Mamucium or Mancunium which gave its name to Manchester. It was the terminus of the Bridgewater Canal, the world's first industrial canal, built in 1764
the oldest canal warehouse opened in 1779. The world's first passenger railway terminated here in 1830, at Liverpool Road railway station[1] and the first railway warehouse opened here in 1831.
Castlefield
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Castlefield, Central Manchester
Castlefield is located in Greater ManchesterCastlefieldCastlefield
Castlefield shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference
SJ830976
Metropolitan borough
Manchester
Metropolitan county
Greater Manchester
Region
North West
Country
England
Sovereign state
United Kingdom
Post town
MANCHESTER
Postcode district
M3
Dialling code
0161
Police
Greater Manchester
Fire
Greater Manchester
Ambulance
North West
EU Parliament
North West England
List of places UK England Greater Manchester
53.475°N 2.255°W
The Rochdale Canal met the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield in 1805 and in the 1830s they were linked with the Mersey and Irwell Navigation by two short cuts. In 1848 the two viaducts of the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway crossed the area and joined each other, two further viaducts and one mainline station Manchester Central railway station followed. It has a tram station, Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop (formerly G-Mex) providing frequent Manchester Metrolink services to Eccles, Bury, Altrincham, Manchester Piccadilly, East Didsbury and Rochdale.
Castlefield was designated a conservation area in 1980 and the United Kingdom's first designated Urban Heritage Park in 1982
Castlefield, Manchester, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PEHGB6 - Castlefield is an inner city conservation area of Manchester in North West England. The conservation area which bears its name is bounded by the River Irwell, Quay Street, Deansgate and the Chester Road. It was the site of the Roman era fort of Mamucium or Mancunium which gave its name to Manchester. It was the terminus of the Bridgewater Canal, the world's first industrial canal, built in 1764
the oldest canal warehouse opened in 1779. The world's first passenger railway terminated here in 1830, at Liverpool Road railway station[1] and the first railway warehouse opened here in 1831.
Castlefield
Uk manchester castlefield.jpg
Castlefield, Central Manchester
Castlefield is located in Greater ManchesterCastlefieldCastlefield
Castlefield shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference
SJ830976
Metropolitan borough
Manchester
Metropolitan county
Greater Manchester
Region
North West
Country
England
Sovereign state
United Kingdom
Post town
MANCHESTER
Postcode district
M3
Dialling code
0161
Police
Greater Manchester
Fire
Greater Manchester
Ambulance
North West
EU Parliament
North West England
List of places UK England Greater Manchester
53.475°N 2.255°W
The Rochdale Canal met the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield in 1805 and in the 1830s they were linked with the Mersey and Irwell Navigation by two short cuts. In 1848 the two viaducts of the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway crossed the area and joined each other, two further viaducts and one mainline station Manchester Central railway station followed. It has a tram station, Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop (formerly G-Mex) providing frequent Manchester Metrolink services to Eccles, Bury, Altrincham, Manchester Piccadilly, East Didsbury and Rochdale.
Castlefield was designated a conservation area in 1980 and the United Kingdom's first designated Urban Heritage Park in 1982
Castlefield, Manchester, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PAN56X - . A contemporary documentary view records the setting around 1 Church Ln, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP, in a view made during 2018. The image record centres upon Canal boat sailing westwards at Grappenhall, South Warrington, Cheshire, North West England, UK, WA4 2SJ. The physical and social setting additionally connects with local faith community, place-making, community worship, lock operation, navigation engineering, religious heritage, worship space, Christian heritage, waterway maintenance, religious building, housing provision, and spiritual landmark. Current debate around towpath use often combines long-term maintenance funding, waterside regeneration and the practical challenge of protecting blue-green corridors. In the mid-2020s, building safety is increasingly discussed through planning pressure and the cost of decent homes, with attention turning to safer and healthier homes. For present-day editorial use, religious buildings can also illustrate debates about community use and accessibility, particularly where these affect accessible worship spaces. Over time, this view of 1 Church Ln, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP can support local-history and planning research by preserving details of appearance, occupation, signage, public access and everyday use that written records may omit. The location additionally reflects affordable homes, homes and neighbourhoods, inland navigation, congregational space, residential development, community infrastructure. The scene is further associated with long boat, house boat, waterway, boat on Bridgewater Canal, Bridgewater, hire boat. Other relevant facets include housing quality, community housing, inland boating, tenure and occupancy, civil engineering structure, industrial waterway heritage, neighbourhood regeneration, architectural heritage, estate environment, and faith heritage. The record also holds everyday use as a historical reference.
1 Church Ln, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PBRY42 - . An editorial view depicts the social and built context of Adbolton Ln, Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham NG12 2LU, in a time-specific record from 2018. The image record centres upon Warrington Rowing Club, racing at the BRJC British Rowing Junior Championships, Nottingham Watersports Centre, East Midlands, England, UK. Related ideas embodied by the location include navigation engineering, canal heritage, arena infrastructure, navigation channel, heritage navigation, sports venue, community sport, stadium architecture, river management, boating infrastructure, stadium environment, and match-day economy. Current debate around ageing lock and bridge infrastructure often combines volunteer involvement, safe public access and the practical challenge of keeping historic infrastructure operational. In the mid-2020s, spectator events is increasingly discussed through transport and sponsorship, with attention turning to better supporter facilities. Small period details preserved at Adbolton Ln, Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham NG12 2LU may become historically important as commercial occupants, public services, infrastructure and the built environment change, making the image useful for retrospective editorial coverage. The scene also relates to working waterway, sporting identity, lock operation, club heritage, sports tourism, sporting landscape. The record also refers to National Water Sports Centre, Holme Pierrepont Country Park, WRC, J14, Junior14, Viola Beach boat. A second layer of description includes inland navigation, inland boating, waterborne transport, waterway maintenance, sporting culture, hydraulic control, civil engineering structure, riparian setting, supporter culture, and club history. The wider contemporary story of managed watercourses now includes waterside regeneration alongside flood resilience, while policy and investment increasingly consider protecting blue-green corridors.
Adbolton Ln, Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham NG12 2LU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4EDPF - Castlefield is an inner city conservation area of Manchester in North West England. The conservation area which bears its name is bounded by the River Irwell, Quay Street, Deansgate and the Chester Road.
It was the site of the Roman era fort of Mamucium or Mancunium which gave its name to Manchester. It was the terminus of the Bridgewater Canal, the world's first industrial canal built in 1764, with the oldest canal warehouse opening in 1779. The world's first passenger railway terminated here in 1830, at Liverpool Road railway station and the first railway warehouse opened here in 1831.
Castlefield Basin,Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H8FKM1 - . This location-specific image from Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ in 2016 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The scene records Canal tug at Fidlers Ferry Sailing Club, Penketh, Warrington, Cheshire , England, UK, WA5 2UJ. The broader subject matter reaches into period detail, cityscape history, community identity, public realm, heritage asset, archival record, conservation interest, adaptive reuse, regional identity, social history, urban fabric, period architecture, historic streetscape, and architectural detail. From a 2025-onward perspective, heritage conservation and redevelopment pressure are closely linked to this subject, alongside keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ, details that may look very different after replacement signage. Further associations within the scene are changing streetscape, architectural character, built heritage, local history, documentary photography, everyday life, visual archive, and local character. Details involving Ferry, Penketh, Canal, Fidlers, and Sailing make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate heritage conservation and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character in a form that can be compared with future views of Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ.
Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy FDNK0B - . This location-specific image from Knutsford Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1 in 2016 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Power Cables Do Not Use anchors 15M sign,River Mersey,Warrington,Cheshire,England, UK. The setting additionally reflects before-and-after reference, local history, public transport stop, surface public transport, bus infrastructure, local character, archival record, visual archive, passenger information, period detail, bus route infrastructure, place identity, street-side transport, and local bus network. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with passenger information, accessibility and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. Small period details of materials and architectural details at Knutsford Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1 may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. The surrounding story also includes regional identity, social history, community identity, passenger transport, roadside transit, public-transport wayfinding, everyday life, and transport accessibility. References to River, anchors, Power, Mersey, and Cables give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Knutsford Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is passenger information and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing when considered against later change at Knutsford Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1. The scene further reflects integrated transport and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing without losing the local specificity of Knutsford Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1.
Knutsford Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DE01 - Designed to provide the best of the land on the water the yacht-houses are modelled on modern streamline motor yachts yet appointed to allow high ceilings, excellent natural light, picture windows on the upper floor and wrap around windows on the lower floor.
From their secure residential moorings, they afford excellent views up and down the river with minimal windows on the side to allow almost complete privacy. Lighting is enhanced by shards of roof window that allow daylight along the sides. This, the middle of the three vessels, is also air conditioned and designed to compliment their unique setting. The superb Kingston town centre is a short walk away and Hampton Wick (over ground) is the closest station.
Panther Quay, Kingston upon Thames, West London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DE04 - Designed to provide the best of the land on the water the yacht-houses are modelled on modern streamline motor yachts yet appointed to allow high ceilings, excellent natural light, picture windows on the upper floor and wrap around windows on the lower floor.
From their secure residential moorings, they afford excellent views up and down the river with minimal windows on the side to allow almost complete privacy. Lighting is enhanced by shards of roof window that allow daylight along the sides. This, the middle of the three vessels, is also air conditioned and designed to compliment their unique setting. The superb Kingston town centre is a short walk away and Hampton Wick (over ground) is the closest station.
Panther Quay, Kingston upon Thames, West London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB5T - . Boats in Seahouses harbour, Northumbria, NE England, UK. Photographed at Seahouses Harbour,Northumbria, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 08 August 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Boats in, Seahouses harbour, Northumbria, NE England, seahouses, northumberland, harbour, fishing, dock and Boats, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Seahouses Harbour,Northumbria, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB5Y - . Boats in Seahouses harbour, Northumbria, NE England, UK. Photographed at Seahouses Harbour,Northumbria, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 08 August 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Boats in, Seahouses harbour, Northumbria, NE England, seahouses, northumberland, harbour, fishing, dock and Boats, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Seahouses Harbour,Northumbria, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYXXB - Nymphaea is a genus of hardy and tender aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. Many species are cultivated as ornamental plants, and many cultivars have been bred. Some taxa occur as introduced species where they are not native, and some are weeds. Plants of the genus are known commonly as water lilies or waterlilies in the United Kingdom. The genus name is from the Greek νυμφαια, nymphaia and the Latin nymphaea, which mean water lily and were inspired by the nymphs of Greek and Latin mythology.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJNXH - . Spring scene, duck with her baby ducklings, beside the water, Cheshire , North West England, UK. The photograph was taken on 16 July 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with North West England, Cheshire, river, canal, waterside, duck with her baby ducklings, duck with duckling, Spring scene, ducks ducklings and springtime, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HWR9 - . White English Snowdrops in morning dew Cheshire, England UK. Photographed on 14 February 2013. The recorded location is Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. In historical terms, plant details are valuable both aesthetically and scientifically, showing petals, leaves, seed heads and moisture at a specific stage of growth
Repeated seasonal photography can also provide a simple record of phenology. From a heritage perspective, landscape photographs record more than scenery: buildings, vegetation, weather, transport and land use combine to show how a place appeared at a particular moment
Repeated views can later become valuable evidence of development, environmental evolution and shifting patterns of use. During 2026, shifting seasonal patterns are of growing interest because climate change can alter flowering times, frost dates and plant distribution
Close nature images can therefore support stories about gardens, biodiversity and phenology as well as decorative use. As of 2026, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. In the longer view, close botanical photographs record shape, colour, surface and season in a way that wider landscape photographs cannot
Familiar plants such as snowdrops and teasels also carry cultural associations with the changing year, gardens and countryside. As background, flowers and foliage provide precise seasonal markers
Snowdrops are associated with late winter and early spring, while seed heads and autumn leaves show later stages of the plant cycle
dew, frost and backlighting can further emphasise structure. Against the 2026 backdrop, current interest in biodiversity and climate gives seasonal flower and foliage photographs documentary value beyond their visual appeal, particularly where flowering or autumn colour can be compared over time.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BRH05N - . A location-based documentary photograph from Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK, useful both for its immediate subject and for the smaller period details around it. At the heart of the image is Purple marshflower, , Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph also carries associations with public realm, place identity, canal heritage, before-and-after reference, towpath landscape, industrial waterway history, inland navigation, working waterway, waterside infrastructure, local character, navigation engineering, boating network, social history, and historical comparison. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes biodiversity alongside ageing locks and bridges, with particular attention to the long transition from freight route to leisure and heritage asset. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK before refurbishment alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects contemporary history, lock-side environment, waterborne travel, social landscape, urban change, changing streetscape, riparian setting, and local history. The recorded references to marshflower, Northwich, and Purple preserve clues that can help identify how the subject was presented or used at the time. For Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which small changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence for biodiversity and the long transition from freight route to leisure and heritage asset within the specific setting of Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK. A further contemporary connection is waterside regeneration and the value of canals and rivers as blue-green corridors as part of the longer story of Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK. This gives Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK another specific visual benchmark for later local, social or physical change.
Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,British canals,canal,network,boat,carrier,man,person,museum,heritage,history,transport,dock,docks,meets,Manchester Ship Canal,River Mersey,Cheshire,UK,England,North West England,waterways,British canal system,water transport,United Kingdom,Industrial Revolution,transportation,water,nationwide canal network,nationwide,canal network,working canal boats,canal transport,tourism,CH65,Collection of barges,many barges,Kangaroo South Midland limited
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BEW1CK - . This carefully observed view of South Pier Rd, Ellesmere Port,Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW fixes a specific place, use and moment for later historical comparison. The defining feature is Collection of barges,Ellesmere Port Canal Museum, British Canal and waterways heritage, South Pier Rd, Ellesmere Port,Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW. A wider reading of the photograph includes boating network, urban change, community identity, waterborne travel, before-and-after reference, industrial waterway history, local history, place identity, public realm, contemporary history, local character, managed navigation, blue-green infrastructure, and built environment. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with navigation funding, waterway maintenance and keeping historic infrastructure safe and operational. As a dated visual record of South Pier Rd, Ellesmere Port,Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW, the frame retains public access and movement, making it useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. A second layer of the scene includes working waterway, social landscape, social history, archival record, towpath landscape, visual archive, riparian setting, and period detail. The combination of Museum, Ellesmere, barges, heritage, and Collection helps anchor the frame to a recognisable activity, place or period. Around South Pier Rd, Ellesmere Port,Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW, apparently routine features can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar street details disappear. Its period value extends to navigation funding and keeping historic infrastructure safe and operational within the real-world context of South Pier Rd, Ellesmere Port,Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW. The frame therefore remains a dated reference for South Pier Rd, Ellesmere Port,Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW and the changing story of the subject shown.
South Pier Rd, Ellesmere Port,Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,river,riverside,water,city,North East,England,Geordie,Tyne River,Newcaste upon Tyne,evening,UK,Tyne,River,Newcaste,upon Tyne,Gateshead,Sage,NE,bridge,river side,economy,Tyneside conurbation,Tyne bridge,Gateshead Millennium Bridge,Millennium Bridge,Pons Aelius,shipbuilding,coal,coals from Newcastle,fishy on a dishy,spring,NE1,River Tyne Quayside,Quayside,Gatesheads Quays arts quarter
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BEW1ET - Newcastle upon Tyne commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, 8.5 mi (13.7 km) from the North Sea. Newcastle is the most populous city in the North East, and forms the core of the Tyneside conurbation, the eighth most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. Newcastle is a member of the UK Core Cities Group and is a member of the Eurocities network of European cities.
Newcastle was part of the county of Northumberland until 1400, when it became a county of itself, a status it retained until becoming part of Tyne and Wear in 1974. The regional nickname and dialect for people from Newcastle and the surrounding area is Geordie. Newcastle also houses Newcastle University, a member of the Russell Group, as well as Northumbria University. Newcastle is member of the North of Tyne Combined Authority.
The city developed around the Roman settlement Pons Aelius and was named after the castle built in 1080 by Robert Curthose, William the Conqueror's eldest son. The city grew as an important centre for the wool trade in the 14th century, and later became a major coal mining area. The port developed in the 16th century and, along with the shipyards lower down the River Tyne, was amongst the world's largest shipbuilding and ship-repairing centres
A167, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3DE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,halfpenny,night,illuminated bridge,historic,history,urban,city,centre,Liffey,Liffey Bridge,night photography,evening,blue hour,reflections,river reflections,city lights,cast iron bridge,Georgian Dublin,tourism,travel destination,European capital,waterfront,architectural heritage,pedestrian crossing,urban landscape,Irish landmark,cultural identity,dusk,cross,crossing,water,reflection,D02 V6K0,D02
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R59WK8 - This photograph shows Dublin's iconic Ha'penny Bridge illuminated at night as it crosses the River Liffey in the heart of the Irish capital. Officially named the Liffey Bridge, the structure is universally known as the Ha'penny Bridge, a name derived from the halfpenny toll originally charged when the pedestrian bridge opened in 1816.
The image was taken during the evening, likely in the blue hour, when the deepening sky provides a dramatic backdrop to the warm artificial lighting along the bridge. Green and white illumination beneath the structure highlights its cast iron framework, while reflections shimmer across the calm surface of the River Liffey below, adding symmetry and atmosphere to the scene.
The Ha'penny Bridge connects the north and south sides of Dublin city centre and has long been a focal point for daily life, tourism, and cultural identity. Its elegant arches and decorative railings are among the most recognisable features of Dublin's streetscape, frequently photographed by visitors and locals alike.
Images such as this are widely used to represent Dublin as a vibrant European capital, illustrating themes of historic infrastructure, urban heritage, night-time city life, travel, and the enduring relationship between the city and the River Liffey
Ha'penny Bridge, River Liffey, Dublin 2, Dublin, Ireland, D02 V6K0
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,Cheshire,cover,manhole,man hole,spring with pink apple blossom,Iron Grid,spring,embossed,iron,works,named,cast,rust,rusty,metal,services,sewage,drainage,maintenance,urban,man-hole,cast iron,grids,rusted,history,historic,utilities,pipes,supply,water,CW8 1AJ,CW8
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AA0RTN - . An authentic period view of Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 1AJ in 2010, showing a subject whose value extends beyond the immediate scene into local history and changing social context. The location is represented through Cast Iron Grid embossed Northwich, in the spring with pink apple blossom, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 1AJ. The surrounding context brings together industrial supply chain, contemporary social history, building-material production, industrial material culture, manufacturing heritage, regional identity, factory history, period streetscape, industrial archaeology, visual archive, local character, social history, working-industry history, and industrial artefact. For contemporary context, industrial conservation and factory closures are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the relationship between local geology, manufacturing and the built environment. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about historic townscape, adaptive reuse and the role of distinctive architecture in local identity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves the relationship between the subject and its surroundings in the immediate surroundings of Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 1AJ. Other useful associations include historic context, production technology, heritage landmark, labour history, built heritage, historic commercial architecture, traditional masonry, and engineering heritage. Elements such as spring, embossed, blossom, Northwich, and apple add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. Around Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 1AJ, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image fixes a trace of local identity as part of Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 1AJ's history.
Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 1AJ
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Keywords: serious,icicles,ice,water,winter,cold,sheet,pipes,industry,industrial,northwich,cheshire,uk,january,2010,england,freeze,blue,sky,grass,sub,zero,subzero,hotpix,hoypixuk,tonysmith,tony,smith,bridge,gantry,walkway,navigation,navigable,waterway,way,rudheath,orchard,boat,yard,boatyard,car\u00e1mbano,del,hielo,helado,this photo rocks,HDR,high dynamic range,interesting,place,places,12-24,sigma,wide angle lens,wide
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4278206361 - 'A serious leak of water showers the frame and pipework with spray. Hence the fantastic icicles down the structure and into the wild grasses below.
Very cold, about -5 (not common in NW Britain) but very bright and a day with a great clear blue sky, adding to the sense of chill.
This position is just along from the Orchard Boatyard and when not iced, this section is fully navigable.
A view from about 1KM north/west of this can be seen here in the fog - www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4182533330/
A night shot of the chemical plant that this pipe is related to can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4002569282/
Most industry around this area is based on salt.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Keywords: BW,Black,white,monochrome,fog,mist,northwich,cheshire,england,water,barge,barges,sepia,toned,Lostock,Gralam,Trent,Mersey,canal,bridge,orchard,boatyard,boatbuilders,british,waterways,tree,foggy,mono,HDR,high dynamic range,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4182533330 - 'A shot taken from the old canal bridge crossing the trent and mersey canal to Orchard boatyard south of Lostock.
It was cold and misty all day and gave a really delicate feel.
Another toned image here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3813002518/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: car,windscreen,windshield,frost,frosty,autumn,tax,disk,taxdisk,disc,taxdisc,zero,degree,degrees,centigrated,freezing,point,water,ice,etched,england,UK,cheshire,grappenhall,blue,cold,icy,365days,car\u00e1mbano,del,hielo,helado,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,hotpix!,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4103275419 - 'The first autumn frost greeted me this morning.
Now where did I put that scraper........
Dont forget how good summer was www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3735036134/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC
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Keywords: Lymm,Canalside,Dawn,canal,side,boats,cheshire,UK,england,water,fishing,bridgewater,bridgewatercanal,tonysmith,tony,smith,tdktony,hotpix,hotpixuk,village,lymmvillage,GB,A56
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3813063326 - 'Up early for an autumn mist at the Bridgewater canal, the only one without locks.
A shot of Brindley's Trent &
Mersey canal through Northwich is here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3809617912/in/set-72157621...
(c) Hotpix Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
