CRT/MANCHESTEROILREFINERY

Photographs illustrating transport of Manchester Oil Refineries equipment manufactured by Babcock and Wilcox

Description

'There are thirteen in all and they were discovered by Martin Bryan CRT volunteer at Gloucester. They were taken by a commercial photographer that I cannot now trace although Babcock & Wilcox who made the column are, of course, still in business. They were taken at the beginning of the 1950s on the Bridgewater Canal just beside Barton Aqueduct and show a cracking tower being moved from a Pickfords vehicle across the canal for installation in Barton Oil Terminal.' Euan Corrie 2019 a) The wording on the cracker is Designed by Badgers. Built by Babcock & Wilcox Ltd London and Oldbury for Manchester Oil Refinery b) Barton Road Swing bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal c) All Saints Roman Catholic Church, Barton on Irwell d) The names of two barges M S C Co (BD) M85 and M86 e) A sign reading Taylor Woodrow