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The Manchester Ship Canal is a great example of how engineering helped the North West to become an industrial powerhouse. Construction started in November 1887 and took seven years to complete ...

A search operation on the Manchester Ship Canal has now entered its second week after a man entered the water at Irlam Locks. Emergency services first descended on the area at around 8.30pm last ...

Rescue teams are searching the Manchester Ship Canal for a seventh day after a man entered the water. Emergency services descended on Irlam Locks, in Salford, at 8.40pm last Thursday evening ...

Specialist police officers are on the Manchester Ship Canal as a search operation enters its sixth day. Emergency services raced out to Irlam Locks, off Cadishead Way in Salford, last Thursday ...

United Utilities has won a long-running court battle to run a new sewage pipe into the Manchester Ship Canal. Water company United Utilities was first granted a compulsory purchase order (CPO ...

BDB Pitmans, representing the Manchester Ship Canal, has secured a landmark Supreme Court victory that establishes the right of private property owners to take legal action against water companies for ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. The restoration of a section of the historic Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal is moving forward as part of a multi-million pound development.

This painting 'The Excavation of the Manchester Ship Canal, Eastham Cutting, 1891' is by Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A. Wilbraham, 2nd Baron Egerton of Tatton (1832-1909) , was Chairman of the ...