Harpurhey Baths finally closed completely in 2001 after serious defects were discovered in the building's walls and machinery.

Part of the Harpurhey Baths' site has since been transformed with the building of North Manchester Sixth Form College and North City Library which includes a project to restore the front of the Grade II-listed building to its former glory, while converting its main pool into an exhibition space and meeting hall.

"[citation needed] City council leader Sir Richard Leese said the baths were 'a noteworthy part of Manchester's heritage' and it was heartening that the building would be returned to use for the benefit of the community.

The scheme already has the support of English Heritage.The front of the building would be restored and the first-class male pool would become an exhibition space.

[10] Andrew Carnegie—the industrial magnate and millionaire who believed passionately in free libraries—promised £15,000 for libraries in Didsbury, Withington and Chorlton if suitable sites could be found.

[citation needed] The Pump House in Bridge Street on the banks of the River Irwell has only been the People's History Museum since May 1994.

[citation needed] The station used to supply power to the mills and warehouses that dominated the city at the beginning of the 19th century.

Legend has it that staff at the Pump House kept fish and swam in the large water tanks on the roof of the building.

[citation needed] All that remains of the internal machinery is a pumping engine, moved to become a star exhibit at Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry situated in the oldest passenger railway buildings in the world on Liverpool Road in Castlefield.

The engine, 15 feet (4.6 m) high and weighing 25 tons (25 t), has been restored and is in full working order.

[citation needed] Ashton House stands on Corporation Street in the area of Ancoats known as Angel Meadow.

This was one of the worst slums of the Victorian city and many buildings here were designed to provide better housing for the poor.

It catered for 222 women, who occupied dormitories with individual cubicles and cooked for themselves in communal kitchens.

Nice details include ironwork with flower motifs, lettering in the gable to the corner with Aspin Lane and voussoirs of tiles laid on edge.