Manchester Ship Canal

So what did Manchester do? It built its own canal.

The Manchester Ship Canal opened in 1894, letting ships sail straight into Manchester and skip Liverpool's ports altogether.

That's one of the reasons why there's a ship on Manchester City's badge today, a symbol of the moment Manchester stopped relying on Liverpool.

So when these two meet, it's not just reds against blues, it's one of the two proudest cities in the north of England, and a rivalry over a century in the making.

great course with wonderful variety.

And you're even next to Manchester Shipping Canal at one point.

And the marshals are incredibly friendly, too.

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In all this the Dock Board has acted with boldness and with prudence, under circumstances of much embarrassment.

The construction of the Manchester Ship Canal presented a problem of considerable difficulty, but the Dock Board adopted the courageous but wise policy of looking to Liverpool and Liverpool trade only, and the facilities they have provided for the changed conditions of trade have done not a little to conserve the commerce of the port.

End of Section 4 Section 5 of Recollections of a Busy Life by William B. Forewood This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Chapter 3 Continued The Liverpool Exchange A great change has taken place in the Liverpool Exchange.

In the early sixties the old Exchange buildings were still in existence.

We were greatly assisted in our parliamentary work by Mr. Harcourt E. Clare, who was most able and diplomatic, and an excellent negotiator.

His appointment as clerk of the county council, though a gain to the county, was a serious loss to Liverpool.

Manchester Ship Canal With the attitude of Liverpool in regard to the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal, I was very prominently identified.

I had to conduct the opposition to the canal bill through three sessions of Parliament, six inquiries in all.

In all this, the dock board has acted with boldness and with prudence, under circumstances of much embarrassment.

The construction of the Manchester Ship Canal presented a problem of considerable difficulty, but the dock board adopted the courageous but wise policy of looking to Liverpool and Liverpool trade only, and the facilities they have provided for the changed conditions of trade have done not a little to conserve the commerce of the port.

End of section 4.

Section 5 of Recollections of a Busy Life by William B. Forewood.

We were greatly assisted in our parliamentary work by Mr. Harcourt E. Clare, who was most able and diplomatic and an excellent negotiator.

His appointment as clerk of the county council, though a gain to the county, was a serious loss to Liverpool.

Manchester Ship Canal With the attitude of Liverpool in regard to the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal, I was very prominently identified.

I had to conduct the opposition to the canal bill through three sessions of Parliament, six inquiries in all.

In all this, the Dock Board has acted with boldness and with prudence, under circumstances of much embarrassment.

The construction of the Manchester Ship Canal presented a problem of considerable difficulty, but the Dock Board adopted the courageous but wise policy of looking to Liverpool and Liverpool trade only, and the facilities they have provided for the changed conditions of trade have done not a little to conserve the commerce of the port.

End of section 4.

Section 5 of Recollections of a Busy Life by William B. Forwood.

We were greatly assisted in our parliamentary work by Mr. Harcourt E. Clare, who was most able and diplomatic and an excellent negotiator.

His appointment as clerk of the County Council, though a gain to the county, was a serious loss to Liverpool.

Manchester Ship Canal With the attitude of Liverpool in regard to the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal, I was very prominently identified.

I had to conduct the opposition to the canal bill through three sessions of Parliament, six inquiries in all.

United Kingdom.

The receipts of the Manchester Ship Canal continue to show a large increase on those of last year.

A movement has been inaugurated for celebrating at Bristol, in June 1897, the 400th anniversary of the discovery of North America by John and Sebastian Cabot, who sailed from Bristol.

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