Manchester Ship Canal - Eastham Locks
Construction of a canal (36-mile-long) for seagoing ships between the city of Manchester and the estuary of the Mersey had proved to be an engineering undertaking of the first magnitude. Photograph showing the great locks at Eastham, the point at which the canal enters the Mersey, nine miles above Liverpool
Picture No
10209620
Media ID
47409000
Size
5855px x 3900px
(4.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Priestley & Sons in The Queen's Empire', volume 4, page 178
Date
late 1890s
