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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- MEMORANDUM
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I Navigable Rivers of England—The Mersey and Irwell—The Mersey Bar
- CHAPTER II English Canals—History of the Bridgewater Canal
- CHAPTER III Canalised Rivers and Ship Canals: English and Foreign—The Manchester Ship Canal
- CHAPTER IV History of the Liverpool Docks—Origin of the Dock and Town Dues—Their Oppressive Character—The Liverpool Toll Bar
- CHAPTER V Early Attempts to Make a Ship Canal to Manchester
- CHAPTER VI 1882
- CHAPTER VII 1883
- CHAPTER VIII 1883
- CHAPTER IX 1883
- CHAPTER X 1884
- CHAPTER XI 1884
- CHAPTER XII 1884
- CHAPTER XIII 1885
- CHAPTER XIV 1885
- CHAPTER XV 1885
- CHAPTER XVI 1886
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- MEMORANDUM
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I Navigable Rivers of England—The Mersey and Irwell—The Mersey Bar
- CHAPTER II English Canals—History of the Bridgewater Canal
- CHAPTER III Canalised Rivers and Ship Canals: English and Foreign—The Manchester Ship Canal
- CHAPTER IV History of the Liverpool Docks—Origin of the Dock and Town Dues—Their Oppressive Character—The Liverpool Toll Bar
- CHAPTER V Early Attempts to Make a Ship Canal to Manchester
- CHAPTER VI 1882
- CHAPTER VII 1883
- CHAPTER VIII 1883
- CHAPTER IX 1883
- CHAPTER X 1884
- CHAPTER XI 1884
- CHAPTER XII 1884
- CHAPTER XIII 1885
- CHAPTER XIV 1885
- CHAPTER XV 1885
- CHAPTER XVI 1886
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- History of the Manchester Ship Canal from its Inception to its CompletionWith Personal Reminiscences, pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1907