Manchester, the Public Gardens Piccadilly 1965

The dome of the Infirmary is on the left, and Lewis's tower is in the centre. On
Tuesday 1 September 1908, a large crowd gathered here to watch about one
hundred patients being moved out of the Infirmary. Horse-drawn ambulances,
taxi cabs, flat wagons, and even a horse bus were used to convey the patients
down to the new Royal Infirmary on Oxford Road. Only one patient was
left behind because he was too ill to move. The main buildings were soon
demolished, but the Wash House remained, as did part of the Asylum, which
was used as a reference library before the Central Library was built.