Stone Jetty and North Western Hotel, Morecambe

iBase ID

232759

Reference identifier

NMO20110228016

Title

Stone Jetty and North Western Hotel, Morecambe

Place

Morecambe

General notes

This image shows the south side of the Stone Jetty which enclosed on side of Morecambe Harbour. At the end of the jetty was a lighthouse, and a railway station- trains ran through Northumberland Street Station right out onto the jetty to connect with the Irish Steamers. This ceased with the opening of Heysham Harbour in 1904, and the replacement of Northumberland Street station with the Promenade Station in 1907. This side of the jetty was always used by the public however, even when, after closure of the harbour, the jetty was used by T. W. Ward for shipbreaking.

The hotel was built by the North Western Railway (usually known as the "Little" North Western top distinguish it from it's neighbour, the much larger London and North Western Railway) and was taken over with that company by the Midland Railway in 1871 at which point it's name was changed. It would have been the Midland Hotel by the time this picture was taken, but that name is also associated with the far more famous building that replaces the one shown here in which opened in 1933.

To its right is the laundry, owned by the railway company and on their premises, while behind is an open hill known as Sloethorne Wood, which was used to graze cattle arriving or departing on the steamers- there was an underpass allowing access to this without crossing the road. Just behind this can be seen the houses at the end of Highfield Crescent. This land was later occupied by the Pleasure Beach.
The hotel was designed by a local architect, E. G. Paley (who designed St Peter's Cathedral in Lancaster) and opened in 1848, and was closed in 1932.

Mr Eastwood had a Chemist shop in Lancaster, and took a selection of images around Morecambe on glass plates around the turn of the 20th century.

Medium

Glass slide, negative

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

16.5x11.5

Year of image

c1900

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Locator

Glass Plates

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