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The Manchester Ship Canal: The Big Ditch [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Cyril J. Wood
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  • Paperback: 159 pages
  • Publisher: The History Press; illustrated edition edition (1 Aug 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 075242811X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752428116
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 16.6 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 130,317 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Nowadays most of us think of the Manchester Ship Canal as that bit of water under the Thelwell Viaduct as we sit in one of England's traffic jam black spots but in the days before the M6, the Manchester Ship Canal was an important route from the docks at Salford and industrial Manchester to the world. From banana boats to cattle carriers, from tramp steamers to pleasure steamers, all sorts of ships used this busy thoroughfare. It wasn't always like this - at one time the docks at Birkenhead and Liverpool received the goods that Manchester needed and everything travelled by railway, canal or road to the North's industrial metropolis. In the 1880s, construction on Britain's largest man-made inland waterway and soon sizable ships sailed to Salford. A stunning engineering project in its own right, the 'Big Ditch' also spawned smaller marvels such as the Barton Aqueduct and it remained busy for almost a century. Now little used, it still remains a marvel of Victorian engineering.

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Cyril Wood is an established author, photographer, and lecturer, who has had an active interest in canals and inland waterways since childhood.

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A very informative book, written by an obvious enthusiast.
Anyone with Merchant Navy , especially Manchester Liners, connections; anyone from the local area or with local history interests will enjoy this great read.
I loved the photographs.
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