Sefarina, Partington Basin
An occasional traffic on the Manchester Ship Canal is liquified propylene gas for the polypropylene plant at Carrington. This is normally delivered from Stanlow refinery by pipeline, but when that has a maintenance shutdown the gas comes in by ship.
Here LPG tanker 'Sefarina' passes her destination on the way to turn below Irlam Locks.
This was once Partington coaling basin, and the bases of the six coal shutes still carry traces of their numbers painted on the brickwork. This image shows what it was like in the 1920s:
www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EPW027871
These days, only two berths (one on each side of the canal) remain in irregular use.
Sefarina, Partington Basin
An occasional traffic on the Manchester Ship Canal is liquified propylene gas for the polypropylene plant at Carrington. This is normally delivered from Stanlow refinery by pipeline, but when that has a maintenance shutdown the gas comes in by ship.
Here LPG tanker 'Sefarina' passes her destination on the way to turn below Irlam Locks.
This was once Partington coaling basin, and the bases of the six coal shutes still carry traces of their numbers painted on the brickwork. This image shows what it was like in the 1920s:
www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EPW027871
These days, only two berths (one on each side of the canal) remain in irregular use.