Collection of Cheshire railway and canal photographs

Item date: 20th century
Grant Value: 1,000
Item cost: 4,500
Item cost pre-decimal: NULL
Item date acquired: 2003
Item institution: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Town/City: Chester
County: Cheshire

The collection comprises about 3,100 photographs and 450 postcards and range in date from the beginning of the 20th century to the 1980s, and thus cover the heyday of the railways. Canals, railways and transport infrastructure have played a prominent role in the history and development of the county.