River Mersey Flood Defences,Latchford,Warrington,England,UK

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
FDNNFXFile size:
34.3 MB (1.6 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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4000 x 3000 px | 33.9 x 25.4 cm | 13.3 x 10 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
30 January 2016Location:
Latchford,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UKMore information:
. This scene at Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK in 2016 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The subject captured here is River Mersey Flood Defences, Latchford, Warrington, England, UK. The broader subject matter reaches into cast-iron street furniture, public-health engineering, urban drainage, underground utilities, public realm, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, local history, contemporary social history, municipal services, changing streetscape, period detail, visual archive, and community identity. For current editorial use, public health and climate resilience provide additional context, especially through the hidden infrastructure that made dense cities healthier and safer. Future viewers can use this scene from Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK to compare building condition and alterations with whatever follows after new construction. The location also brings in place identity, regional identity, everyday life, local character, water infrastructure, utility heritage, archival record, and Victorian sanitation. Elements such as Mersey, Flood, Defences, River, and Latchford add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Its period value extends to public health and the hidden infrastructure that made dense cities healthier and safer as part of the longer story of Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The location additionally provides evidence of sewer capacity and the hidden infrastructure that made dense cities healthier and safer when considered against later change at Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK.