TY  - BOOK
AU  - Leech,Bosdin
TI  - History of the Manchester Ship Canal from its Inception to its Completion: With Personal Reminiscences
T2  - Cambridge library collection. Technology
SN  - 9781107281882 (ebook)
AV  - TC664.M2 L44 1907
U1  - 386 23
PY  - 1907///
CY  - Place of publication not identified
PB  - publisher not identified
KW  - Manchester Ship Canal Co
KW  - Canals
KW  - England
KW  - History
N1  - Includes index
N2  - By the late nineteenth century, charges imposed on Manchester companies for the use of Liverpool's docks and the connecting railway had created an atmosphere of resentment within the business community. The Manchester Ship Canal was to play a major part in the city's regeneration following the depression of the 1870s, but it took a lengthy battle for the scheme to gain the backing of Parliament and for construction to begin in 1887. In this two-volume work of 1907, Sir Bosdin Leech (1836-1912) traces the canal's conception, planning and construction. Volume 2 begins with the project's backers having finally raised the capital necessary to begin construction. The difficult process of building the canal is then detailed. The work includes a large amount of illustrative content, enhancing the light shed on the landscape and notable personalities of Manchester at that time
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107281882
ER  -