Electricity high voltage distribution Fuller Electric switchgear substation, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
2JH5D3AFile size:
43 MB (1.2 MB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
5352 x 2808 px | 45.3 x 23.8 cm | 17.8 x 9.4 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
14 July 2022Location:
Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UKMore information:
. This location-specific image from Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The subject captured here is Electricity high voltage distribution Fuller Electric switchgear substation, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK. Other connected aspects include changing streetscape, rolling stock, changing land use, historical comparison, regional rail, trackside history, period detail, before-and-after reference, visual archive, train operations, social history, local history, station environment, and place identity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into reliability and public ownership, not least because of the role of stations and trains in lower-carbon mobility. Future viewers can use this scene from Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK to compare building condition and alterations with whatever follows after closure or conversion. The location also brings in regional identity, community identity, everyday life, archival record, freight wagon, documentary photography, local character, and transport interchange. The recorded references to substation, Electric, Altrincham, distribution, and Electricity preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is reliability and the balance between railway heritage and network modernisation when considered against later change at Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK. The wider significance includes station investment and how historic rolling stock documents the industrial railway without losing the local specificity of Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK. The scene captures details of everyday use before later change alters the scene.