Foreign animals wharf: Manchester Ship Canal, Mode Wheel

MANCHESTER - The foreign animals wharf on the Ship Canal at Mode Wheel, built by the Manchester Corporation from plans by the city surveyor, will be ready for use in the spring. The wharf extends about 800ft. along the canal side at the Manchester docks. A timber jetty, on piles, has been built along the whole length of the wharf, and tramway rails, on which a moveable crane will run, have been put down. The lairs are immediately behind the landing-stage, and will accommodate 1,()00 oxen. Water and feeding troughs have been laid down, and provision is made for cleansing each stall. The lairs are built of brick, with slate and steel roofs, and are lighted from above. They are built in compartments, which will isolate the cattle in groups of 100. Of necessity, the lairage drains are from 12ft. to 15ft. below the level of the Manchester main sewer, over three-quarters of a mile away. The drainage, therefore, will have to be pumped upwards along that distance into the main sewer. A covered auction-room, with central ring, has been built directly in the rear of the lairs. The cooling-house at the slaughter-house, which is 134ft. deep by 52ft, wide, is faced with white glazed bricks. [Building News 31 January 1896 page 186]

Electric Lighting Installation: Foreign Animals Wharf, Mode Wheel - To electric lighting engineers – The Corporation invite tenders for the supply, delivery and erection complete of the electric lighting machinery and installation for the efficient lighting of the new Foreign Animals Wharf situate at Mode Wheel.

Site on the Trafford side of the ship canal close to Mode Wheel Lock

Reference    Manchester Guardian 27 April 1895 page 11 - Electric Lighting Installation
Reference    Building News 31 January 1896 page 186