A print from a disbound book of England & Wales published 1900. Blank on the reverse, this has been trimmed from the original page size to fit boarded envelope, scan shows the trimmed page being sold.
Suitable for framing, the average page size is approx 10.5" x 8.25" or 26.5cm x 21cm, including text and border.
Average image size approx 8.75" x 6.25" or 22.5cm x 16cm
This is an antique print not a modern copy or reproduction and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print, please view the scans as they form part of the description.
1900 is the printing date, the original date of creation can be earlier.
All prints will be sent bagged and in a boarded envelope for maximum protection.
While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item.
Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used)
MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL, ABOVE EASTHAM.
This great engineering work was authorised in 1883, but not commenced till Nov. 11th, 1887, the first sod being cut at Eastham Ferry, on the Cheshire side of the Mersey. From then till Nov., 1892, it employed about 10,000 people. It has cost about fifteen millions of money, the last five millions being lent by the Corporation of Manchester, at interest and in consideration of preponderating power on the directorate. The canal is practically a long dock about twice the width of the Suez Canal, and it is calculated that a fifth of the population of the kingdom are nearer to it than to any other port accessible to ocean steamers, which have now full access to Manchester. The filling of the canal commenced in November, 1893, and it was formally opened on New Year's Day, 1894.