The astonishing rise of the new Lakeside Depot at Manchester’s Heaton Park Tramway has continued with the building now looking like, well, a tram depot! Less than two weeks after the main construction work began, the building now has a roof and the first walls are taking shape.<\/p>\n
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As the accompanying photo shows, by the middle of the second week of construction works, cladding of the first side of the building was in place along with that for the rear wall. The roof panels have also been fixed in place. The project remains on target for completion during the autumn, when various trams start making the journey to the promised land of Heaton Park, and the days of outside storage for some of the tramway’s fleet finally come to an end.<\/p>\n
In a week that has seen some very unpleasant online discussions in various places, it is great to see the Heaton Park Tramway is once again showing the tramway preservation movement in a more positive light, and reminding us all what like-minded people with a passion for historic trams can achieve when they work together\u00a0with a common goal.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>A glimpse of latest progress on Lakeside Depot, seen on July 31st. (Photo courtesy of the Heaton Park Tramway Facebook page)<\/p><\/div>\n
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The astonishing rise of the new Lakeside Depot at Manchester’s Heaton Park Tramway has continued with the building now looking like, well, a tram depot! Less than two weeks after the main construction work began, the building now has a … Continue reading