Back Mameceaster Scipryne ANG قناة مانشستر الملاحية Arabic قناة مانشستر الملاحيه ARZ ম্যানচেস্টার জাহাজ খাল Bengali/Bangla Manchester Ship Canal CEB Manchesterský průplav Czech Manchesters skibskanal Danish Manchester Ship Canal German Manchester Ship Canal English Canal marítimo de Mánchester Spanish
The Manchester Ship Canal is a wide, 36-mile (58 km) long, river navigation in North West England, opened on 21 May 1894. At the time of its completion, it was the largest navigation canal in the world.[1]
It consists of the rivers Irwell and Mersey made navigable for seagoing ships from the Mersey Estuary to Salford Docks in Greater Manchester. It transformed Manchester from a landlocked city into a major sea port.
- ↑ Owen (1983), p. 120.