The first sod of earth in construction was turned by Chairman Alderman James Hoy in July 1895, with a silver-plated spade that is still in the University ... the Manchester Astronomical Society and ...

The University ... funded by the Manchester Corporation, partly from national taxes, and it came to be known as the Manchester Municipal Technical School. Modelled on German technical high schools, a ...

A quick glance across Manchester city centre will provide views of cranes, emerging towers, and closed roads for building ... University’s 26-acre former north campus, centred around Sackville ...