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The Restoration of Spike Island
Wild habitat returns to Spike Island
West Bank received an award in the "Pride of Place” competition, which was organised by the Nationwide television programme and the Department of the Environment. It also picked up the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Award for the regeneration of Spike Island in 1979.
Part of the St. Helens Canal before the clean up, 1979.
The Lock — back in operation again, leading across to Spike Island, 1982.
At low tide the remains of the Mersey Flats can clearly be seen against the banks of Spike Island, 1982.
The restored Widnes Lock, Lock 10 at Spike Island, July 1982.
The viewing platform 1982.
Two women sitting on a bench in Widnes, November, 1988.
Approaching the wooden bridge from the
north side of the canal, 1982.
images by John Harper.
A lady cuts through the side of Albright & Wilsons, 1988.
Images (mirrorpox)
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