Droylsden Marina Development

Droylsden Marina Development, November 2008

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Ground samples are taken in various locations around the site in readiness for work to begin.
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Councillor Susan Quinn cuts the first sod for the Droylsden Marina, ably watched by colleagues Councillors Keiran Quinn and Jim Middleton
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Celebrating the cutting of the first sod for Droylsden Marina are (clockwise from left): Andy Shaw from developers Watkin Jones, Cllr Kieran Quinn, Cllr Susan Quinn, BW North West General Manager Debbie Lumb and Cllr Jim Middleton
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By March 2008 the ground levels had been excavated and the new concrete wash walls were under construction. This view is looking north towards Fairfield Junction.
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Looking east.
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Looking west.
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Looking north-west towards Droylsden town centre.
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Looking south-west, the Ashton Canal is in the distance.
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Shuttering for a curved corner of the concrete wash wall.
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Looking south towards apartments by the Ashton Canal.
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Steel reinforcements ready for another section of concrete wash wall base.
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Cross section of new wash wall near the junction with the Ashton Canal, with the remains of a former towpath bridge on the right.
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The concrete base and sides is now complete.
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Looking south. The apartments nearing completion on the left are alongside the Ashton Canal.
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Posts are in place for the floating pontoons.
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Stop plank narrows near the entrance to the marina.
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Looking north-west towards Droylsden town centre.
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Looking south-west. The main line of the Ashton Canal is behind the bund.
 

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