BOC Liquid Medical Oxygen storage tank, secure compound at Warrington NHS hospital, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1

BOC Liquid Medical Oxygen storage tank, secure compound at Warrington NHS hospital, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2JJM7EA

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53.6 MB (2.4 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

3648 x 5136 px | 30.9 x 43.5 cm | 12.2 x 17.1 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

27 July 2022

Location:

Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1

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. Photographed at Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. At the centre of the view is BOC Liquid Medical Oxygen storage tank, secure compound at Warrington NHS hospital, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1. The locality and subject together evoke care provision, clinical services, healthcare workforce, health infrastructure, street-level documentary, medical wayfinding, documentary photography, city-centre activity, everyday street life, patient access, community identity, place identity, health-service capacity, and urban change. From a 2025-onward perspective, NHS funding and care demand are closely linked to this subject, alongside how physical estates and clear wayfinding affect patient experience. The wider contemporary story combines local identity, footfall and how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside townscape record, healthcare provision, social landscape, archival record, urban social history, local history, contemporary city life, and community life. References to Oxygen, Liquid, compound, Medical, and secure give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is NHS funding and how physical estates and clear wayfinding affect patient experience in a form that can be compared with future views of Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1.