These pages feature photographs from the collection of Mike Dilger, who ran the White Lion public house in Castlefield.
Workers posing with surveying equipment and other items. Note the rail track to the left, along the edge of the workings, and the track to the right, along the bed of the canal.
Photo: Mike Dilger Collection
Group of men, including a diver, pose with a piece of equipment (a pump?).
Photo: Mike Dilger Collection
Possibly the harbour master and lock keepers at Eastham Locks.
Photo: Mike Dilger Collection
Ship Canal tugs. Location uncertain.
Photo: Mike Dilger Collection
The entrance to Manchester Docks.
Photo: Mike Dilger Collection