The ships that came to Manchester : from the Mersey and weaver sailing flat to the mighty container ship
Robins, N. S.2015
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The merchants of Manchester were concerned about the high tariffs charged at Liverpool Docks and the excessive rates for transhipment of goods to Manchester. They decided that the best thing for their trade was to bring seagoing ships up to Manchester. And this they did - via numerous enabling bills and by grand-scale Victorian engineering. The Port of Manchester and its ship canal opened for business on 1 January 1894 with existing clients such as James Knott's Prince Line running to the Mediterranean, and Fisher Renwick to London. But it could not readily entice the Liverpool shipowners to use Manchester, and it faced a long struggle to break the indifference of Conference Lines to the new port. This book explores the history of the vessels of the Manchester Ship Canal.
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Stroud : Amberley, 2015.
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192 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781445651941 (pbk)
Dewey class:
386.4'7'094273386.47094273
Language:
English
BRN:
2212724
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