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Manchester Ship Canal
The Manchester Ship Canal is a river navigation 36 miles long in the North West of England. Starting at the Mersey Estuary near Liverpool, it generally follows the original routes of the rivers Mersey and Irwell through the historic counties of Cheshire and Lancashire. Several sets of locks lift vessels about up to Manchester where the canal's terminus was built...
Timeline of Events
1887
11.11.1887
Construction of the Manchester Ship Canal begins at Eastham.
1894
1.1.1894
The Manchester Ship Canal, England, is officially opened to traffic.
5.21.1894
The Manchester Ship Canal in England is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.