The Mersey and Irwell Navigation was a river navigation in North West England, which provided a navigable route from the Mersey estuary to Salford and Manchester...
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Irwell's lower reaches were a trading route that became part of the Mersey and Irwell Navigation. In the 19th century, the river's course downstream of Manchester...
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Bridgewater Canal (category Irwell Valley)
transported his coal along the Mersey and Irwell Navigation and also by packhorse, but each method was inefficient and expensive; river transport was...
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1776) and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (from 1830) but by the late 19th century the Mersey and Irwell Navigation had fallen into disrepair and was...
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Castlefield (section Medieval and early modern periods)
were linked with the Mersey and Irwell Navigation by two short cuts. In 1848 the two viaducts of the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway crossed...
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Sankey Canal (redirect from Sankey Brook Navigation)
the Bridgewater Canal and the Mersey and Irwell Navigation, but this was never implemented. The Sankey Canal was built for Mersey Flats, the common sailing...
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November 1822 at the estate of William Earle, a director of the Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company, in Everton, Liverpool. Billy's skull now resides in...
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with an aqueduct across the Mersey and Irwell Navigation. Due mainly to strong objections from the Mersey and Irwell Navigation, who would have suffered...
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point the Ship Canal is the canalised section of the River Irwell. The old course of the Mersey has been obliterated by the canal past Hollins Green to Rixton...
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Manchester in 1712. An Act of Parliament authorizing the Mersey and Irwell Navigation was passed in 1721 and the work, which included eight locks in a distance...
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length and was built to provide a direct waterway between the Mersey and Irwell Navigation and the Bridgewater Canal. The canal opened in 1838 and was superseded...
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Runcorn Docks (category Mersey docks)
This consisted of the Bridgewater Canal and the Mersey and Irwell Navigations, together with their docks and warehouses. The company developed further...
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connected the Mersey and Irwell Navigation to the River Mersey at Runcorn. The canal was built to bypass the shallow stretches of the Mersey at Fiddlers...
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Warburton, Greater Manchester (redirect from Rixton and Warburton Bridge Act 1863)
Rixton and Warburton Bridge Act 1863 established that if the Mersey and Irwell Navigation was upgraded to allow sea-going vessels, then the Rixton and Warburton...
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transport, the Mersey and Irwell Navigation, the Bridgewater Canal and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, dated from the 18th century, and were felt to be...
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Runcorn (category Port cities and towns in North West England)
River Mersey. During the 18th century, water transport had been improved in the area by the Mersey and Irwell Navigation, the Bridgewater Canal and the...
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Liverpool F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry (redirect from Liverpool FC and Manchester United FC football rivalry)
of the Bridgewater Canal, the Mersey and Irwell Navigation and the world's first inter-city railway, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, for the transport...
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is alleged to have been made in the face of opposition by the Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company who had objected to the bridge's construction because...
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Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal (redirect from Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway)
rapid flooding and dry seasons, confined local river transport to the Mersey and Irwell Navigation, west of Manchester. Financial unrest and British involvement...
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Emma (1828 ship) (category Irwell Valley)
Mersey and Irwell Navigation, in Manchester. Built by the New Quay Company, it was one of the largest cargo vessels to be built alongside the Irwell....
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Manchester Liverpool Road railway station (category Former London and North Western Railway stations)
part of the Science and Industry Museum. As a consequence of opposition from the proprietors of the Mersey and Irwell Navigation, it had been intended...
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Liverpool F.C.–Manchester City F.C. rivalry (redirect from Liverpool F.C. and Manchester City F.C. rivalry)
of the Bridgewater Canal, the Mersey and Irwell Navigation, and the world's first inter-city railway, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, for the transport...
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the rivers Mersey, Dee and Weaver, and canals and navigations such as the Bridgewater Canal, the Sankey Canal, the Mersey and Irwell Navigation, the Weaver...
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Oldham (section Industrial Revolution and cotton)
Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Rochdale, and 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Manchester. It is the...
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returned to the Mersey and Irwell navigation to perform a survey. He reported that if the locks and cuts were kept in good order and the millers prevented...
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Norton Priory (category Buildings and structures in Runcorn)
1804 the Runcorn to Latchford Canal was opened, replacing the Mersey and Irwell Navigation; this cut off the northern part of the estate, making it only...
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of the Bridgewater Canal, the Mersey and Irwell Navigation and the world’s first inter-city railway, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, for the transport...
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Cotton mill (category Industrial buildings and structures)
centre for wool and Leigh and south towards Manchester, used flax and raw cotton imported along the Mersey and Irwell Navigation. During the Industrial Revolution...
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carried by road to the city. In 1807, Mersey flats regularly made the journey from the River Mersey, carrying timber, and in 1818, six boats were engaged in...
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Blackrod is a town and civil parish situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. Nestled in the historic County...
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