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[Ullman]

Wasn't it originally funded by merchants in Manchester who wanted to avoid the harbour taxes levied on ships coming up the Mersey? I may be wrong but its an interesting concept.

There was a very interesting program on this subject on the box a while back. The Liverpool port authorities of the time had the Manchester merchants over a barrel and they knew it. According to the program the Manchester merchants used to transport their goods across country to Hull for export because it was cheaper.

[Trojan]

Well, I'm back... and I've come to claim my inheritance!

Does this mean your mum was Rita Tushingham? Your grandma Dora Bryan? I think we should be told

[Griff9of13]

There was a very interesting program on this subject on the box a while back. The Liverpool port authorities of the time had the Manchester merchants over a barrel and they knew it. According to the program the Manchester merchants used to transport their goods across country to Hull for export because it was cheaper.

Yep. And people think the Liverpool - Manchester rivalry is a new and football related thing, it goes back a long way. There is an old saying that sums it up well ''The Manchester man and the Liverpool gentleman''. Liverpool traditionally the home of commerce, finance and insurance and Manchester of manufacturing.

[longboard]

_{In the 1970's I went to the open day at a new chemical waste treatment works in Greater Manchester. The biggest operations at the plant were the neutralising of bulk acids and the separation/recovery of oil from bulk oil/water mixtures. Following filtration etc, the resultant waste water was pumped, under a historic arrangement, not to sewer but into the Ship Canal.}

[Red Willow]

There is regular usage from grain ships, getting stuck at Barton Swing bridge is annoying. The new docks is near the stadium and will use the locks at Irlam.

[tonyXIII]

There is regular usage from grain ships, getting stuck at Barton Swing bridge is annoying. The new docks is near the stadium and will use the locks at Irlam.

As well as Eastham and Latchford, presumably? However, it will not require the Barton Swing bridge to be opened, though any downstream swing bridges (and there are quite a few!) will need to be opened, I imagine.

[Saint Billinge]

As well as Eastham and Latchford, presumably? However, it will not require the Barton Swing bridge to be opened, though any downstream swing bridges (and there are quite a few!) will need to be opened, I imagine.

Whilst on a tour of the Canal, our boat was delayed for forty minutes due to the broken mechanism of a lock gate, as well being delayed at the Canal swing bridge for 20 minutes due to some fault in the workings. Some journey!