Greater Manchester Collection

Train crossing Stockport viaduct on the London & North Western Railway, c1845. Note the pollution of the river banks, smoking chimneys and the complete domination of the scene by the viaduct

Advertisement on the cover of The Manchester Golfer, British, May 1911

Woman and a boy working in a coal mine, Bolton, Lancashire, 1848. A woman and boy underground in a coal mine moving a basket containing 3-4 cwt of coal

Manchester Regatta - from a sketch by Mr. Hayes, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Manchester Regatta - from a sketch by Mr. Hayes, 1844. Boat races on the river Irwell. The sports of this day consisted of four races - the Stanhill Hall Stakes, for four-oar pleasure-boats

Ruins of the Lower-House Mill, near Oldham, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Lower-House Mill, near Oldham, 1844. Scene of an industrial accident at Oldham in Yorkshire, a centre of textile manufacture:the falling of a newly erected mill, the property of Messrs

Grand Banquet to Sir H. Pottinger, at Manchester, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Grand Banquet to Sir H. Pottinger, at Manchester, 1844. Dinner at Manchester Town Hall in honour of British colonial administrator Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pottinger

Opening of the New Theatre Royal, Manchester, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the New Theatre Royal, Manchester, 1845. Interior view of a packed house. The architects of the new Theatre are Messrs

Burning of Irwell Buildings, Manchester, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Burning of Irwell Buildings, Manchester, 1844. Firefighters attempting to extinguish a fire: The night was somewhat stormy; occasionally heavy showers fell

Albert Bridge, Manchester, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Albert Bridge, Manchester, 1844. This handsome bridge has just been erected on the site of the late New Bailey Bridge, across the Irwell, from Bridge-street, Manchester, to New Bailey-street

Lord Egertons Fete - the Pavilion at Worsley, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Lord Egertons Fete - the Pavilion at Worsley, 1844. Party to celebrate the 21st birthday of George Granville Francis Egerton, Esq

Windybank, 1860s. Creator: Unknown
Windybank, 1860s

View in Central Hall, Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, 1857

Belfield Hall, 1860s. Creator: Unknown
Belfield Hall, 1860s

View of Manchester from Higher Broughton, 1835, (1943). Creator: William Wyld
View of Manchester from Higher Broughton, 1835, (1943). Rural scene with smoking chimneys on the horizon. Painting also known as Manchester from the Cliff, Higher Broughton, in the City Art Gallery

Interior of the Royal Exchange, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Interior of the Royal Exchange, 1898. The Royal Exchange and trading hall, Grade II listed building in Manchester, England for cotton importers and brokers

Owens College, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Owens College, 1898. Owens College designed by Alfred Waterhouse and named after John Owens was founded in 1851 and became the Victoria University of Manchester in 1904

The Royal Exchange, 1898. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Exchange, 1898. The Royal Exchange and trading hall, Grade II listed building in Manchester, England for cotton importers and brokers. From " Our Own Country, Volume III"

Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 1898. Free Trade Hall, Manchester constructed by architect Edward Walters 1853-56 on St Peters Fields, the site of the Peterloo Massacre

Buck Clayton, Manchester Jazz Festival, 1963. Creator: Brian Foskett
Buck Clayton, Manchester Jazz Festival, 1963

The Peterloo Massacre: hussars charging the people, Manchester, 1819 (c1890). Creator: Unknown
The Peterloo Massacre: hussars charging the people, Manchester, 1819 (c1890). From " Cassells History of England - Special Edition, Vol

Member for North-West Manchester, c1906, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Member for North-West Manchester, c1906, (1945). British politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) won the Manchester North West seat for the Liberals in the general election of

Worsley Hall near Manchester, c1848. Creator: J Bower
Worsley Hall near Manchester, The Seat of the Right Hon The Earl of Ellesmere, c1848. Worsley New Hall, designed by Edward Blore, was built in the 1840s for Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere

Manchester Ship Canal, Above Eastham, c1896. Artist: H Garside
Manchester Shop Canal, Above Eastham, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

Manchester Town Hall, c1896. Artist: H Garside
Manchester Town Hall, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

A Football Match at Manchester, c1896. Artist: R Banks
A Football Match at Manchester, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

A Great Dockland of the North, Thirty-Four Miles from Sea and Yet a Port, c1935. No. 9 Dock the Manchester Ship Canal. From Our Wonderful World, Volume IV, edited by J.A. Hammerton

Arrest of Dora Marsden, British suffragette, outside the Victoria University of Manchester, 1909
Arrest of Dora Marsden, British suffragette, outside the Victoria University of Manchester, 4 October 1909. Dora Marsden (1882-1960) heckled Lord Morley, who was speaking at the University

View of the Railway across Chat Moss, Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1833. The worlds first intercity railway, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened on 15 September 1830

Manchester Ship Canal, 1910. Artist: Valentine & Sons
Manchester Ship Canal, 1910. From The British Isles in Pictures, by H. Clive Barnard, M.A. D.Lit. [A. & C. Black, Limited, London, 1910]

Refurbishment work, Mosley Common Colliery, Lancashire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Refurbishment work, Mosley Common Colliery, Lancashire, 1963. Civil engineers at work securing the steel reinforcement on the substructure of the dirt conveyor during the refurbishment of Mosley

A heavy load stops the Manchester traffic, 1962. Artist: Michael Walters
A heavy load stops the Manchester traffic, 1962. A policeman stops traffic as a giant 85-foot absorption tower is pulled slowly through the streets of Dukinfield by a Foden lorry owned by Edward Beck

An absorption tower being transported by road, Dukenfield, Manchester, 1962. Artist
An absorption tower being transported by road, Dukinfield, Manchester, 1962. A man and his granddaughter look on as a giant 85 foot absorption tower slowly makes its way through the streets on a

View from the hold of the Manchester Renown, Manchester, 1964. Dockers loading steel bars onto a ship from a dock on the Manchester Ship Canal

Steel bars being loaded onto the Manchester Renown, Manchester, 1964. Artist
Steel bars being loaded onto the Manchester Renown, Manchester, 1964. British steel products were in demand worldwide during the 1960s due to their high quality

Dockers loading steel bars onto the Manchester Renown, Manchester, 1964. Artist
Dockers loading steel bars onto the Manchester Renown, Manchester, 1964. British steel products were in demand worldwide during the 1960s due to their high quality

The Manchester Renown being loaded with steel for export, Manchester, 1964. Artist
The Manchester Renown being loaded with steel for export, Manchester, 1964. The Renown was part of the Manchester Liners fleet

The Manchester Renown in dock on the Manchester Ship Canal, 1964. The Renown was part of the Manchester Liners fleet, which were loaded on the Ship Canal and carried Britains products worldwide

Heaton Park Races, 1835, (1929). Artist: Richard Reeve
Heaton Park Races, 1835, (1929). After F. C. Turner (c1795-c1846). From The Story of British Sporting Prints, by Captain Frank Siltzer. [Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd, London, 1929]

Central Manchester, c20th Century. Artist: John Bartholomew
Central Manchester, c20th Century. [John Bartholomew & Son, Edinburgh]

Manchester Ship Canal, Above Easton, c1900. Artist: H Garside
Manchester Ship Canal, Above Easton, c1900. Manchester Ship Canal is a 36-mile-long (58 km) inland waterway in the North West of England linking Manchester to the Irish Sea

Manchester Town Hall, c1900. Artist: H Garside
Manchester Town Hall, c1900. Manchester Town Hall is a 19th century Victorian, Neo-gothic municipal building in Manchester, England. From Sights and Scenes in England and Wales

On 27th January, Mr. Churchill addressed an audience in Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 1913, (1945). Winston Churchill speaking at the Manchester, Lesser Free Trade Hall, 1913

In the General Election he was defeated at Manchester, but was returned for Dundee, 1908, (1945). Sir Winston Churchill standing on a tram as he speaks to the public during the North West Manchester

James Brindley, 18th century English civil engineer and canal builder, (1836). Artist: JT Wedgwood
James Brindley, 18th century English civil engineer and canal builder, (1836). Brindley (1716-1772) rests a hand on a theodolite

New Electric Locomotive, L. N. E. R. leaving Manchester London Road Station, 1940
New Electric Locomotive, L.N.E.R. leaving Manchester London Road Station, 1940. From Trains of Today. [Juvenile Productions Ltd. London, 1940]

In the Park, Bolton Bridge, c1852. Artist: David Cox the elder
In the Park, Bolton Bridge, c1852. From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford, Volume I, by C. Reginald Grundy and F

Alexandra Park, Manchester, c1905

The Morris Room at the Clarion Cafe, Manchester, c1911
The Morris Room at the Clarion Cafe, Manchester. Decorated by the St. Georges Guild of Crafts, Birmingham, c1911. The Manchester Clarion Cafe was at 50 Market Street, Manchester

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