Marbury Lock No 10, Lock-keeper's Cottage, School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS

Marbury Lock No 10, Lock-keeper's Cottage, School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK,  SY13 4HS Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2C3K5G5

File size:

57.1 MB (2.7 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5472 x 3648 px | 46.3 x 30.9 cm | 18.2 x 12.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

20 June 2020

Location:

School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS

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. A location-based documentary photograph from School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS, useful both for its immediate subject and for the smaller period details around it. The scene records Marbury Lock No 10, Lock-keeper's Cottage, School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS. Its broader subject matter includes public realm, industrial waterway history, towpath landscape, working waterway, riparian setting, everyday Britain, visual archive, period detail, local character, local history, contemporary history, social history, waterside infrastructure, and inland navigation. In the mid-2020s, towpath access and heritage conservation keep this subject current, particularly through the value of canals and rivers as blue-green corridors. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and public activity at School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS, details that may look very different after closure or conversion. A second layer of the scene includes documentary photography, urban change, river transport, boating network, changing streetscape, community identity, navigation engineering, and managed navigation. Details involving Whitchurch, Marbury, Lock-keeper's, Cottage, and School make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. Around School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS, apparently routine features can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar street details disappear. The location additionally provides evidence for towpath access and balancing leisure use with engineering and environmental needs within the real-world context of School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS. The image adds a further period reference to the visual history of School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS.