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The area was rebranded as Salford Quays and redevelopment by Urban Waterside began in 1985 under the Salford Quays Development Plan. [1] Faced with major pollution issues from the quality of the water in the ship canal, dams were built to isolate the docks, after which water quality was improved by aerating it using a compressed air mixing system.
A 1924 map of Manchester Docks. Salford Quays, at the eastern end of the Manchester Ship Canal on the site of the former Manchester Docks, became one of the first and largest urban regeneration projects in the United Kingdom after the closure of the dockyards in 1982. [3]
Manchester Dock 9 (top left) at the beginning of the 20th century. Dock 8 is to the right, and the ship canal is in the foreground. Manchester docks were nine docks in Salford, Stretford and Manchester, at the eastern end of the Manchester Ship Canal in North West England, [1] [2] [3] which formed part of the Port of Manchester from 1894 until their closure in 1982.
English: Manchester Ship Canal, with Salford Quays to the left and Trafford Wharf to the right. A view from the Air Shard viewing platform at the Imperial War Museum North looking along the Manchester Ship Canal towards Manchester.
A map of Manchester and Salford in 1801. ... The Lowry is a combined theatre and gallery complex situated in Salford Quays, named after the painter L. S. Lowry.
In 1984 Salford City Council used a derelict land grant to purchase the docks at Salford from the Ship Canal Company, [75] rebranding the area as Salford Quays. Principal developers Urban Waterside began redevelopment work the following year, [ 76 ] by which time traffic on the canal's upper reaches had declined to such an extent that its ...
The Salford Quays lift bridge, also known as the Salford Quays Millennium footbridge or the Lowry bridge, is a 91.2-metre (299 ft) long vertical lift bridge spanning the Manchester Ship Canal between Salford and Trafford in Greater Manchester, England.
Central Salford is the eastern part of the district and comprises seven wards: Broughton, Claremont, Irwell Riverside, Kersal, Ordsall, Langworthy and Weaste & Seedley. This is the more urban half of the district and lies partly within the Manchester Inner Ring Road. Salford Quays lies within this area.