Images Dated 2011 April

Runcorn-Widnes Bridge

A striking impression of the then newly built Runcorn - Widnes Bridge, which connects Cheshire with Lancashire, across the Manchester Ship Canal. Date: 1962

© Mary Evans Picture Library

1960s, 1962, Bridge, Bridges, Built, Canal, Cheshire, Connects, Impression, Lancashire, Manchester, Newly, Runcorn, Ship, Striking, Transport, Viaducts, Widnes

Scotland/Loudon Hill

Loudon Hill and the railway viaduct, which was built in 1905, but sadly deemed to be unsafe and demolished i 1986. The hill itself was a Roman camp, Ayreshire, Scotland. Date: 1950s

© Mary Evans Picture Library

1905, 1950s, 1986, Ayreshire, Built, Camp, Deemed, Demolished, Hill, Loudon, Railway, Roman, Sadly, Scot Land, Unsafe, Viaduct

Barrow-in-Furness - Coppernob

Barrow-in-Furness Railway Station. From 1907-1941 the famous Furness Railway steam locomotive "Coppernob" was preserved in a special glass case outside the station. It was subsequently transferred away for additional security and is now in the National Railway Museum at York. The locomotive (in its case) is depicted on this postcard. Date: circa 1909

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection