Infra_MANC
List of exhibits
Brook Street intersection, landscaping details. [Source: City Surveyor and Engineers plan archive, ref. 5552/162/533, GMCRO. Author’s scan, courtesy of Manchester Archives and GMCRO] Manchester Rapid Transport Study Plans, c. 1964. [Source: Ref. GB127. M507/7394/18, Greater Manchester County Record Office with Manchester Archives] Plan showing sketch plan of City of Manchester central area major road network, undated. [Source: Ref. GB127. M507/7396/7, Greater Manchester County Record Office with Manchester Archives] The projected alignments of the Mancunian Way, Princess Road and Cambridge Road plotted over existing streets, undated. [Source: Ref. GB127. M507/7392/15, Greater Manchester County Record Office with Manchester Archives] Original books of contract drawings for the construction of the Mancunian Way. [Source: uncatalogued holdings of the Greater Manchester County Record] Reproductions of photographs of the construction and fitting out of the Guardian Underground Telephone Exchange in 1955/56. [Source: Photographs were taken by Patrick Gough. Courtesy of Mike Gough and George Coney] A selection of the photographs taken by Tony Perry [July 1998] as part of an English Heritage photographic study of the Guardian Underground Telephone Exchange. [Source: Ref. AA98/02416, 02420, 020422-24, 020434-36, 020440. Courtesy of English Heritage] A twenty minute segment from a longer POV video ‘exploration’ of the core parts of the Guardian Underground Telephone Exchange, reportedly shot in 1996. [Source: Courtesy of hogshawrabbits, www.youtube.com/user/hogshawrabbits/feed] Futuroute, a ‘marketing machine’ to promote the benefits of the Picc-Vic line in the mid 1970s. [Source: On loan from the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester, <www.gmts.co.uk/>. Courtesy of George Turnbull] Physical display models of the proposed Exchange station on the Picc-Vic line, 1975. [Source: Courtesy of George Turnbull, Museum of Transport Greater Manchester] Physical display models of the proposed Piccadilly Lower Level station on the Picc-Vic line, 1975. [Source: Courtesy of George Turnbull, Museum of Transport Greater Manchester] Drilling test boreholes in Manchester city centre in preparation for construction of Picc-Vic tunnel, 1972. [Source: Courtesy of George Turnbull, Museum of Transport Greater Manchester] Concept drawing of the subway trains envisioned for city by the Manchester Rapid Transit Study in the late 1960s. [Source: Courtesy of George Turnbull, Museum of Transport Greater Manchester] Concept sketches for the entrance on Albert Square to the Central Station on the Picc-Vic line. Drawn by David Fricker. [Source: Courtesy of David Suggitt, Darnton EGS] Concept sketches for the proposed Royal Exchange Station on the Picc-Vic line. Drawn by David Fricker. [Source: Courtesy of David Suggitt, Darnton EGS] Concept sketches for the proposed Royal Exchange Station on the Picc-Vic line. Drawn by David Fricker. [Source: Courtesy of David Suggitt, Darnton EGS]