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eccles became first municipal corporation in england operate motorised fire engine in 1901. supplied eccles corporation local firm, protector lamp , lighting co., known manufacturing miners safety lamps. barton aerodrome, first municipal aerodrome in uk licensed air ministry, opened on 29 january 1930 on site @ barton-on-the-moss.
the first power station in eccles built along cawdor street, , opened on 14 december 1896 alderman w. d. kendall. second , larger barton power station built in 1920 alongside manchester ship canal , bridgewater canal. opened on 11 october 1923 earl of derby, , supplied electricity manchester , south east lancashire electricity district. ceased generation in march 1974, operating thereon switching station, , demolished in june 1979.
salford royal hospital opened in 1882 salford union infirmary, hospital sick paupers, in association union workhouse. later renamed hope hospital, taking name of nearby medieval hope hall, demolished in 1956. hospital given current name in 2007.
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