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National Waterways Archive
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National Waterways Museum
South Pier Road
Ellesmere Port
England
CH65 4FW
Telephone: 0151 373 4378
Open: Monday-Friday 10-4.30
- Book in advance
- Wheelchair access
- Research Service
- Proof of identity required
- A fee may be payable
Archive is held in the Rolt Building
ARCHON code: 1140
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Collections information
Businesses (22)
- Aire & Calder Navigation Co Leeds, Yorkshire
- Birmingham Canal Navigation Co Birmingham, Warwickshire
- British Waterways Board London
- Canal Transport Ltd
- Cromford Canal Co Cromford, Derbyshire
- Droitwich Canals Trust Ltd Droitwich, Worcestershire
- Grand Central Railway, Canal Agents
- Grand Union Canal Co
- Great Western Railway Co London
- H H Robertson Co Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
- Joseph Rank Ltd, flour millers, Hull Kingston Upon Hull, Humberside
- King Flour Mills Ltd, millers, Ellesmere Port Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
- L Gardner & Sons Ltd, mechanical engineers Patricroft, Lancashire
- Leeds & Liverpool Canal Co Liverpool, Lancashire
- Manchester Ship Canal Co Manchester, Lancashire
- River Weaver Navigation Cheshire;Cheshire
- Rochdale Canal Co Manchester, Lancashire
- Shropshire Union Railway & Canal Co Shropshire;Shropshire
- Thomas Clayton (Oldbury) Ltd, narrowboat cargo carrier Oldbury, Warwickshire
- Trent & Mersey Canal Co
- Trent Navigation Co Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Wolverhampton Corrugated Iron Co Ltd, galvanised iron manufacturers Wolverhampton, Staffordshire;Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
Organisations (12)
- British Transport Commission, British Waterways Board of Management
- Bugswoth Basin Heritage Trust Bugsworth, Derbyshire
- Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council Ellesmere Port, Cheshire;Neston, Cheshire
- Ellesmere Port Boat Museum Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
- Halton Borough Council Halton, Cheshire
- Kidderminster Rural District Council Kidderminster, Worcestershire
- Mendip, narrowboat
- Nottingham Canal Society Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Phosphorus, narrowboat
- Severn Commission, Navigation Company and Board Worcestershire;Worcestershire
- Surrey & Hampshire Canal Society Surrey;Hampshire
- Swansea Canal Society Swansea, Glamorgan
Persons (10)
- Aickman, Robert Fordyce, (1913-1981), author and founder of Inland Waterways Association
- Bishop, Harry, (fl 1950-2000), canal enthusiast
- Carter, Bill, (fl 2016), archive volunteer
- Cotterill, Roy, (fl 1960-1969), shipwright for British Waterways
- Lansdell, Avril, (fl 1970-1989), author
- Longfield, Elinor, (fl1970), motorcyclist and canal enthusiast
- Morris, Clifford, (b1943), photographer
- Owen, David, (fl 1970), director of the Manchester Museum; cofounder of the National Waterways Museum
- Spedding, Alan, (fl 1925-2011), photographer and waterways enthusiast Shropshire;Chester, Cheshire
- Wheat, Geoff, (c1943-2013), barge operator
Families (1)
- Egerton family, Earls of Bridgewater Studham, Bedfordshire;Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire;Pitstone, Buckinghamshire;Tatton, Cheshire;Winston, Durham;Ashridge Park, Hertfordshire;Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire;Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire;Liverpool, Lancashire;Worsley, Lancashire;Frampton, Lincolnshire;Bridgewater House, London;Brackley, Northamptonshire;Halse, Northamptonshire;Wollaston, Northamptonshire;Bromfield, Shropshire;Ellesmere, Shropshire;Whitchurch, Shropshire;Chertsey, Surrey;Astley, Warwickshire;Caldwell, Yorkshire;Hawnby, Yorkshire;Hilton, Yorkshire;Bromfield, Denbighshire;Wrexham, Denbighshire;Yale, Denbighshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (1)
- NRA 32509 Ellesmere Port Boat Museum: canal papers
Accessions
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