Bridgewater Collection

Barton Swing Bridge
The Barton Swing Aqueduct is a feat of Victorian civil engineering, at Barton upon Irwell, England. It carries the Bridgewater Canal over the Manchester Ship Canal. Date: completed 1893

Bridgewater Canal Map
Map showing the route of the proposed canal from Worsley to Manchester and thence to the Mersey, to be built by engineer James Brindley for the duke of Bridgewater

Bridgewater canal boat diagram, by William Sherratt, 1799 Date: 1799

Steam hammer, details of piston and cylinder
Steam hammer, front elevation and details of piston and cylinder

Somerset Sheep Sale
A typical scene at a sheep sale at Bridgewater, Somerset, England, at one of the annual fairs, held towards the end of September each year

J Nasmyths patent steam hammer, front elevation

Officers of No24 Squadron RAF in France 29 November 1918
Officers of No24 Squadron RAF in France, 29 November 1918. Back row: Lt R.D. Bridgewater, 2nd-Lts J.V. Flanagan, R.A. Eldridge and H.A. Young, Lt V.H. Simmers, 2nd-Lt G.H. Whitehead, Lts N.H

Bridgewater Arms Hotel, Harmer Hill, Shropshire. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Automatic speed regulator

Bridgewater Canal, Worsley

Barton Aqueduct over the Manchester Ship Canal Victorian period Date: 19th century

Worsley Lord Ellesmere's Barge - Bridgewater Canal
Worsley Lord Ellesmere's Barge on the Bridgewater Canal Victorian period

Boat House, Worsley

Worsley Boat House early 1900s

High Street, Bridgwater

Lymm Bridgewater Street early 1900s

Portrait medallions of King Louis XVI of France (blue), Marie Antoinette (blue), Duke of Bridgewater (black), Edmund Burke (pink) and William Pitt (blue). Chromolithograph by W

King Street and LaHave River, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada Date: 1912

Bridgewater House is a townhouse located at 14 Cleveland Row in the St Jamess area of London. Date: circa 1830s

BARTON AQUEDUCT
The Barton Aqueduct doesnt simply carry the Bridgewater Canal over the Ship Canal, but swings a section of the canal when required to enable large vessels to pass beneath it. Date: 1893

The 1958 Season - Debutantes to make their curtsey
Double page spread from The Tatler magazines Debutante number, 1958, significant in that it was the final year debutantes were presented to royalty at court

Twin chimneys of Barton Power Station, Eccles
The twin chimneys of the long-demolished Barton Power Station reflected in the water of the Bridgewater Canal in Eccles, Manchester

John Earl Bridgewater
JOHN EGERTON, second earl of BRIDGEWATER statesman with his autograph

Bridgewater Canal, aqueduct over the River Mersey
Bridgewater Canal: a view of the Duke of Bridgewaters aqueduct over the River Mersey, late 18th century Date: c.1798

Liverpool - Dukes Dock Bridgewater canal - Canal and Dock. Part of Box 62 Boswell Collection - Liverpool. Date: circa 1900

Outdoor art exhibition on the banks of the Bridgewater canal
An outdoor art exhibition on the banks of the Bridgewater canal in Worsley, Manchester Date: circa 1980

The Bridgewater canal, as seen from a bus window in Eccles. Date: circa 1982

The interior of the Bridgewater pub in Patricroft, Eccles. Date: circa 1979

A plastic bag floats in the Bridgewater Canal in Eccles. Date: circa 1977

Duke of Bridgewater
Francis Egerton, 3rd duke of BRIDGEWATER landowner and canal promoter Date: 1736 - 1803

John William Egerton, 7th Earl of Bridgewater (1753 1823), British soldier and Tory politician

Cornish engines erected - East London Water Works
Cornish engines erected at the East London Water Works, Old Ford Date: 1842

Steam hercules, rough pencil sketch Date: 1846

Aqueduct on the Bridgewater Canal at Barton, opened in 1761. People regarded it as a marvel and flocked from afar to see boats sailing over the bridge whilst barges passed below

Earl Bridgewaters Dogs
The dogs of the immensely wealthy rev. Francis Henry Egerton, 8th earl of Bridgewater, lived with him in Paris though, like him, not speaking French, but dined at table with him. Date: circa 1800

2nd Earl Bridgewater
JOHN EGERTON, second earl of BRIDGEWATER, with his countess. Date: 1622 - 1686

8th Earl of Bridgewater
Francis Henry Egerton, 8th earl of BRIDGEWATER, lived in Paris 30 years without learning French, dined with his dogs, wore a new pair of shoes every day. Date: 1756 - 1829

Patent hydraulic press, vertical and plan sections

R Wilsons patent self acting motion as applied to J Nasmyths 30 cwt steam hammer, front elevation

10 cwt steam hammer, front elevation Date: 1845

J Nasmyths patent 1 cwt steam hammer

Nasmyth steam hammer, c1847 Date: 1847

Anvil and base plate for a 25 cwt steam hammer, plan, front elevation and details

J Nasmyths patent steam hammer, front and side elevations

2 ton steam hammer
Foundation, base-plate, anvil for a 2 ton steam hammer, plan elevation and details Date: 1847

5 cwt steam hammer, J Nasmyths patent, front elevation and detail

Anvil and base plate for 80 cwt steam hammer, plan, elevation and details Date: 1850

Steam hercules with Wilsons patent valve, side elevation Date: 1851

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