Collection: Photographs of Manchester Ship Canal

Date:
1888 - 1889
Location:
Manchester Ship Canal, Manchester
Reference:
MSC01
Type:
Collection Containing Photographic Material
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Description

The collection contains a folio of 10 black and white large-format photographs titled 'Manchester Ship Canal, Making of the Waterway'.

It was compiled between 1888-9 and the photographs were taken by Thomas Birtles of Warrington. The photographs have printed captions and show: 'Rock Cutting under Acton Grange Viaduct'; 'Latchford Viaduct, showing Locks in distance'; 'Letting in the Water at Ellesmere Port with E.L. Williams and other engineers'; 'Runcorn Bridge, making concrete wall'; 'Making Latchford Locks, View from Embankment'; 'Dredger at Work, Ellesmere Port'; 'Sluices at Weston, the largest in the World'; 'Pile driving, making the Gantry, looking across the Mersey to Widnes'; 'English Navvies and the Iron Horse'; and 'Walton Cutting showing piers for Swing Bridge and entrance to Warrington Docks'.

Archival History

The collection was acquired by The English Heritage Archive in 2012.

Content

This Collection is divided into 10 Child Records
This Collection contains the following materials:
Photograph (Print): 10

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Canal