Manchester Ship Canal

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inland waterway ship canal

The Manchester Ship Canal is a major 19th-century inland waterway in northwest England that enabled ocean-going ships to reach the industrial city of Manchester from the Irish Sea.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Manchester Ship Canal system 2
Manchester Ship Canal Company 1
Manchester Ship Canal at Runcorn Gap 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf inland waterway ⓘ
ship canal ⓘ
builtFor Manchester ⓘ
surface form: Port of Manchester
chiefEngineer Edward Leader Williams ⓘ
connectsTo Irish Sea ⓘ
River Irwell ⓘ
River Mersey ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1887 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses River Irwell ⓘ
River Mersey ⓘ
economicRole supported industrial exports from Manchester ⓘ
endPoint Salford ⓘ
engineer Edward Leader Williams ⓘ
hasLock Barton Lock ⓘ
Eastham Lock ⓘ
Irlam Lock ⓘ
Latchford Lock ⓘ
Mode Wheel Lock ⓘ
hasNumberOfLocks 5 ⓘ
hasStructure Barton Road Swing Bridge ⓘ
Barton Swing Aqueduct ⓘ
Runcorn Railway Bridge ⓘ
Barton Road Swing Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Silver Jubilee Bridge

Thelwall Viaduct ⓘ
Barton Road Swing Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Warburton Bridge
historicalPeriod Victorian era ⓘ
length about 36 miles ⓘ
about 58 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
maximumVesselType ocean‑going ships ⓘ
nearCity Salford ⓘ
Warrington ⓘ
nearTown Runcorn ⓘ
Widnes ⓘ
openedBy Queen Victoria ⓘ
openingDate 1894 ⓘ
operator Peel Ports ⓘ
owner Peel Ports ⓘ
primaryPurpose to give Manchester direct access to the sea ⓘ
servesCity Manchester ⓘ
servesRegion Cheshire ⓘ
Greater Manchester ⓘ
startPoint Eastham Lock ⓘ
surface form: Eastham Locks
status navigable ⓘ
terminus Eastham ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
waterwaySystem British canal network ⓘ

Referenced by (61)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Barton Swing Aqueduct → category → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Port of Liverpool → connectedTo → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
River Irwell → connectedTo → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
River Mersey → connectedTo → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
River Weaver → connectedTo → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Eastham Lock → connectsBodyOfWater → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Bridgewater Canal → connectsTo → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Runcorn → crossedBy → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Barton Road Swing Bridge → crosses → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Barton Swing Aqueduct → crosses → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
M60 → crosses → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Mersey Gateway Bridge → crosses → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Runcorn Railway Bridge → crosses → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Silver Jubilee Bridge → crosses → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Thelwall Viaduct → crosses → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Edward Leader Williams → employer → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manchester Ship Canal Company
River Irwell → formsPartOf → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manchester Ship Canal system
Manchester → hasCanal → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Salford → hasCanal → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Eastham → hasNearbyIndustrialFeature → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manchester Ship Canal entrance locks
Castlefields → hasNearbyWaterway → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Eccles → hasRiver → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Partington → hasRiver → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
The Lowry → hasViewOf → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
The Quays → hasViewOf → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Barton Lock → isEngineeringStructureOn → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Mode Wheel Lock → isEngineeringStructureOn → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Latchford Lock → isMajorLockOn → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Mode Wheel Lock → locatedIn → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Mode Wheel Lock → locatedInWaterSystem → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manchester Ship Canal waterway system
Agecroft power station → locatedNear → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Eastham → locatedNear → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Eastham Village → locatedNear → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Seedley → locatedNear → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Trafford Park → locatedNear → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Weston Point → locatedNear → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Ellesmere Port → locatedOn → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Imperial War Museum North → locatedOn → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Irlam → locatedOn → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
MediaCityUK → locatedOn → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
The Quays → locatedOnWaterbody → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Barton Lock → locatedOnWaterway → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Eastham Lock → locatedOnWaterway → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Irlam Lock → locatedOnWaterway → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Latchford Lock → locatedOnWaterway → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Cornbrook tram stop → nearJunctionOf → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Irlam → nearWaterway → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Trafford Centre → nearby → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Eastham Village → nearbyWaterway → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Edward Leader Williams → notableWork → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ