Christina, Bridgewater Canal narrowboat, Warrington, Cheshire England, UK, WA4 2SJ

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
2BTY79AFile size:
28.6 MB (1.3 MB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
3648 x 2736 px | 30.9 x 23.2 cm | 12.2 x 9.1 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
3 July 2011Location:
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire England, UK, WA4 2SJMore information:
. A location-based documentary photograph from Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire England, UK, WA4 2SJ, useful both for its immediate subject and for the smaller period details around it. The location is represented through Christina, Bridgewater Canal narrowboat, Warrington, Cheshire England, UK, WA4 2SJ. The frame also records themes of social history, before-and-after reference, visual archive, towpath landscape, period detail, working waterway, industrial waterway history, social landscape, local character, local history, historical comparison, lock-side environment, waterborne travel, and inland navigation. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about biodiversity, towpath access and keeping historic infrastructure safe and operational. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and public activity around Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire England, UK, WA4 2SJ before new ownership alters the character of the place. The setting also brings in documentary photography, contemporary history, everyday Britain, riparian setting, place identity, navigation engineering, changing streetscape, and urban change. The recorded references to Bridgewater, Canal, Christina, and narrowboat preserve clues that can help identify how the subject was presented or used at the time. By fixing the subject within Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire England, UK, WA4 2SJ, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The location additionally provides evidence for biodiversity and the value of canals and rivers as blue-green corridors in a form that can be compared with future views of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire England, UK, WA4 2SJ. A further contemporary connection is navigation funding and the value of canals and rivers as blue-green corridors within the real-world context of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire England, UK, WA4 2SJ.