Pegasus, No 245, Fellows Morton & Clayton Ltd, canal barge, registered at Watford, No 52071, at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, Bridgewater Canal

Pegasus, No 245, Fellows Morton & Clayton Ltd, canal barge, registered at Watford, No 52071, at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, Bridgewater Canal Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2K244AK

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47.2 MB (2 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5472 x 3012 px | 46.3 x 25.5 cm | 18.2 x 10 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

14 September 2022

Location:

National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW

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. An identifiable period record of National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The frame specifically shows Pegasus, No 245, Fellows Morton & Clayton Ltd, canal barge, registered at Watford, No 52071, at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, Bridgewater Canal. Another layer of the photograph includes inland navigation, period detail, industrial navigation, archival record, waterborne freight, contemporary social history, regional identity, street-side transport, documentary photography, changing streetscape, navigation engineering, passenger transport, passenger information, and public-transport wayfinding. Today's relevance is strengthened by public access, heritage conservation and the continuing question of the value of canals as both historic infrastructure and blue-green corridors. From a 2025-onward perspective, bus funding and decarbonisation are closely linked to this subject, alongside the importance of bus stops as the physical interface with public transport. Future viewers can use this scene from National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW to compare local activity and public use with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. Further associations within the scene are inland transport history, changing land use, public transport stop, local mobility, roadside transit, visual archive, towpath landscape, and transport accessibility. Details involving Pegasus, Bridgewater, 52071, Clayton, and canal make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear.