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The Manchester Ship Canal is an inland waterway 36 miles (58 km) long in the North West of England. Starting at the Mersey Estuary near Liverpool it generally follows the original routes of the rivers Mersey and Irwell through the historic counties of Cheshire and Lancashire. Several sets of locks lift vessels about 60 feet (18 m) up to Manchester where the canal’s terminus was built.

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maximum boat beam (μ)
19.9644
maximum boat length (μ)
182.88
date act
1885-08-05
date completed
1893-12-07
date use
1894-01-01
end point
Salford Quays
has junction with
Bridgewater Canal, Shropshire Union Canal, River Mersey, Glaze Brook, River Weaver, River Bollin, River Irwell
principal engineer
Edward Leader Williams
start point
Eastham Merseyside

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