The merchants of Manchester were concerned about the high tariffs charged at Liverpool Docks and the excessive rates for transhipment of goods to Manchester. They decided that the best thing for their trade was to bring seagoing ships up to Manchester. And this they did – via numerous enabling Bills and by grand-scale Victorian engineering. The Port of Manchester and its ship canal opened for business on 1 January 1894 with existing clients such as James Knott's Prince Line running to the Mediterranean, and Fisher Renwick to London. But it could not readily entice the Liverpool shipowners to use Manchester, and it faced a long struggle to break the indifference of Conference Lines to the new port. The First World War finally allayed any lingering worries over the inadequacies of Manchester and the Liverpool companies then arrived in abundance. Manchester had its own shipping companies, including Manchester Liners, H. Watson & Company, Sivewright Bacon, Manchester Steamship Company, Manchester Spanish Line and others. Business peaked at Manchester in the 1950s but rapidly declined through the 1970s as ships became too big to transit the canal. Between 1894 and 1982 ships of all kinds docked at Manchester from all over the world; this is the story of the ships that came to Manchester.
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From the Mersey and Weaver Sailing Flat to the Mighty Container Ship
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Marine TransportationTable of contents
- Cover
- Preface
- 1 - The Political Vision
- 2 - An Engineering Marvel
- 3 - Manchester-on-Sea: Sailors and Seagulls in Piccadilly
- 4 - The Development of Trade
- 5 - Bigger Ships
- 6 - The Great War and its Aftermath
- 7 - Overcoming Difficult Times: Mid-1920s to Mid-1930s
- 8 - End of the Recession – and the Second World War
- 9 - After the War was Over
- 10 - The Fabulous Fifties
- 11 - Accidents, Tragedy and Strikes
- 12 - No More Ships at Manchester
- Bibliography
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