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Designed by the architect Henry Lord and built in 1896, this was originally the Salford Royal Technical Institute which later became Royal Technical College, Salford (in 1921) and the Royal College of Advanced Technology (in 1956) which became the basis of the University of Salford which received its Royal Charter in 1967.

Along the way this building was renamed the Peel Building. Today it is home to the School of Environment & Life Sciences. It is a Grade II listed building (English Heritage ID:471601 Link British Listed Buildings)

Link Manchester History Net

The A6 is Britain's fourth longest road and one of the main historic north-south roads in England. It currently runs for 299 miles from Luton in Bedfordshire to Carlisle in Cumbria, although it formerly started at a junction with the A1 at Barnet.

Running north west from Luton, the road travels through Bedford, bypasses Rushden, Kettering and Market Harborough, continues through Leicester, Loughborough, Derby and Matlock before going through the Peak District to Bakewell, Buxton, Stockport, Manchester, Salford, Pendleton, Irlams o' th' Height, Pendlebury, Swinton, Walkden, Little Hulton, Bolton, Chorley, Preston, Lancaster, Kendal and Penrith before reaching Carlisle.

See Link (Wikipedia) and Link (SABRE) for more information.