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.

Peel Group → owns → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Peel Ports → owns → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Barton Lock → partOf → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manchester Ship Canal infrastructure
Eastham Lock → partOf → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manchester Ship Canal entrance
Eastham Lock → partOf → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manchester Ship Canal navigation system
Irlam Lock → partOf → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manchester Ship Canal system
Latchford Lock → partOf → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manchester Ship Canal lock system
Silver Jubilee Bridge → passesOver → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manchester Ship Canal at Runcorn Gap
Manchester urban area → traversedBy → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Trafford → traversedBy → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Mode Wheel Lock → waterway → Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ