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Manchester ship canal

Manchester Ship Canal
Tanker ship canal.jpg
Stolt Kittiwake heading toward the Mersey Estuary, 2005
Specifications
Length 36 miles (58 km)
Maximum boat length 600 ft 0 in (182.9 m)
(Regularly limited to 530 feet (160 m))
Maximum boat beam 65 ft 6 in (20.0 m)
(Regularly limited to 53 feet 6 inches (16.31 m))
Locks 5
Status Open
Navigation authority Manchester Ship Canal Company
History
Principal engineer Edward Leader Williams
Date of act 5 August 1885
Construction began 1887
Date of first use 1 January 1894
Date completed 7 December 1893
Geography
Start point Eastham Locks
End point Salford Quays
Connects to River Bollin, Glaze Brook, River Mersey, River Irwell, Bridgewater Canal, Shropshire Union Canal, Weaver Navigation
Manchester Ship Canal map
Mersey estuary
Eastham Locks
Shropshire Union Canal
Weaver Sluices
Weston Marsh Lock Weaver Navigation
Weston Mersey Side Lock (closed)
Delamere Lock Weaver Navigation
Bridgewater Side Lock (closed)
Runcorn Docks
Bridgewater Canal junction (blocked)
Runcorn Railway Bridge
Silver Jubilee Bridge
Old Quay Side Lock (closed)
Old Quay Swing Bridge
Moore Lane Swing Bridge
Acton Grange Railway Viaduct
Chester Road Swing Bridge
Walton Lock (closed)
London Road A49 Swing Bridge
Howley Weir
Cantilever High Level Bridge

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