{"id":34088,"date":"2020-06-04T18:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T17:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=34088"},"modified":"2020-06-04T16:35:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T15:35:10","slug":"still-standing-salford-corporation-tramways-weaste-depot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=34088","title":{"rendered":"Still Standing! Salford Corporation Tramways Weaste Depot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have already featured the remaining tram track in situ alongside the site of the old Weaste tram depot which was used by Salford Corporation Tramways but this time we take a look at the old depot building itself, a building which isn\u2019t completely still standing but as these photos show was in the process of being demolished.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Today the frontage of the tram depot does still remain in situ but the actual body of the structure is a new building as part of a major residential development. In 2006 \u2013 when these photos were taken \u2013 the work to demolish the structure was well underway with Frank Gara &amp; Sons completing the work. Originally built in 1929 the building suffered some damage in the Second World War and eventually closed to trams in 1947. It was then used as a bus garage before this too closed and ahead of conversion to flats was being used for industrial purposes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34089\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=34089\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34089\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34089\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34089\" title=\"1.weaste-bh\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1.weaste-bh-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1.weaste-bh-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1.weaste-bh-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1.weaste-bh.jpg 1295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tram depot is seen here from the other side of the road with three entrances visible here. The wires in the foreground are of the Manchester Metrolink Eccles line.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_34090\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=34090\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34090\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34090\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34090\" title=\"2.weaste-bh\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2.weaste-bh-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2.weaste-bh-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2.weaste-bh-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2.weaste-bh.jpg 1295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demolition in progress. Note the tram tracks covered in dust with some setts also just visible. (Both Photographs by Bob Hodges, 23rd July 2006)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have already featured the remaining tram track in situ alongside the site of the old Weaste tram depot which was used by Salford Corporation Tramways but this time we take a look at the old depot building itself, a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=34088\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[79],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34088"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34088"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34092,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34088\/revisions\/34092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}