Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A song about the the Manchester Ship Canal from the 1890s.

Performed by Jon Raven.

Images:
Photo of the Manchester Ship Canal Eastham Locks early 1900s.

'The Snowdrop' with the Directors of the Manchester Ship Canal Passing Barton Bridges, 7 December 1893 by Albert Dunington.

The proposed Manchester Ship Canal, 1883 by the Illustrated London News.

An engraving depicting the Docks at the start of the Manchester ship canal, 1890s.

Trafford Wharf, Salford docks, Greater Manchester, 1890s by H.E. Tidmarsh.