Manchester Ship Canal Through Time

di Steven Dickens (Autore)

Amberley Publishing, 2017

The Manchester Ship Canal was a huge engineering achievement. It included seven swing bridges and the aqueduct at Barton, and helped turn the cotton-producing capital of Great Britain into an inland seaport. This was a feat many at the time believed could not be achieved. One of the wonders of the modern industrial world, the Manchester Ship Canal, with its huge locks and ocean-going vessels, was a magnetic draw for enthusiastic Victorians who marvelled at its construction. This book looks at the changes and development of the Manchester Ship Canal through time, from its origins as a thriving economic hub in the late nineteenth century, to an important retail, leisure and media centre in the early twenty-first century and beyond. Join Steven Dickens as he explores the history of this 36-mile-long inland waterway in the north-west of England, which links Manchester to the Mersey Estuary and the Irish Sea.

• Autore: Steven Dickens
• Editore: Amberley Publishing
• Collana: Through Time
• Anno: 2017
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 96 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 165 mm
• Peso: 284 gr.
• EAN: 9781445639727

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