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020 _a9781107281882 (ebook)
020 _z9781108071208 (paperback)
040 _aUkCbUP
_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
043 _ae-uk-en
050 4 _aTC664.M2
_bL44 1907
082 0 4 _a386
_223
100 1 _aLeech, Bosdin
_q(Bosdin Thomas),
_cSir,
_d1836-,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aHistory of the Manchester Ship Canal from its Inception to its Completion :
_bWith Personal Reminiscences.
_nVolume 2 /
_cBosdin Leech.
264 1 _aPlace of publication not identified :
_bpublisher not identified,
_c1907.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press
300 _a1 online resource (x, 351 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge library collection. Technology
500 _aIncludes index.
520 _aBy 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.
610 2 0 _aManchester Ship Canal Co.
650 0 _aCanals
_zEngland
_xHistory.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781108071208
830 0 _aCambridge library collection.
_pTechnology.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107281882
999 _c514772
_d514770