The new Pomona Lock, linking the Bridgewater Canal with the Manchester Ship Canal and Salford Quays.
photo: Neil Arlidge
Pomona Metrolink station, with the tram line crossing the Manchester Ship Canal before it becomes the River Irwell. The closure of Pomona Docks and the construction of new fixed bridges means that this part of the ship canal is no longer open to large ships.
photo: Neil Arlidge
Looking west towards Trafford Park, with the Manchester Ship Canal on the right.
photo: Neil Arlidge
Throstle Nest Bridge, with the re-built Trafford Road bridge behind.
photo: Neil Arlidge
The canal swings in a big curve around Manchester United's football stadium at Old Trafford.
photo: Neil Arlidge
At Trafford Park, near Stretford, is Waters Meeting, where the canal divides, with Barton, Worsley and Leigh to the right and Lymm, Preston Brook and Runcorn to the left.