Manchester Ship Canal
The Manchester Ship Canal is a wide, 36-mile (58 km) long, river navigation in North West England, opened on 21 May 1894. At the time of its completion, it was the largest navigation canal in the world.[1]
It consists of the rivers Irwell and Mersey made navigable for seagoing ships from the Mersey Estuary to Salford Docks in Greater Manchester. It transformed Manchester from a landlocked city into a major sea port.
Manchester Ship Canal Media
The Excavation of the Manchester Ship Canal: Eastham Cutting with Mount Manisty in the Distance (1891), by Benjamin Williams Leader, brother of the canal's engineer Edward Leader Williams
The Queen at Manchester, Her Majesty, in the Admiralty Yacht Enchantress, opening the Ship Canal, by William Heysham Overend
The yacht Norseman headed a convoy of vessels at the canal's opening in January 1894. Seen passing the Barton Swing Aqueduct, it carried the company's directors.
The passenger ferry Snowdrop at Irlam Locks
Route of the Manchester Ship Canal
An ocean-going liner passing through Latchford Locks near Warrington bound for Eastham
A preserved Manchester Ship Canal Railway 0-6-0T locomotive, now on display at The Engine House in Highley
References
- ↑ Owen (1983), p. 120.
