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Manchester Ship Canal Co

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Date: 1800-2000
Places:
  • Manchester, Lancashire
Functions, occupations and activities: Transport and communications > Port and inland water transport
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C96756 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B11833 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
c1882-1971: minutes, secretary's department files, shareholders' records, journals, ledgers, cash books, accident registers etc
Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives)
B10
See Guide 1992
2
c1820-1939: corresp and papers of Daniel Adamson as chairman; corresp, maps, plans etc
Lancashire Archives
DDBe
NRA 14638 Manchester Canal
3
19th cent-20th cent: corresp and misc papers
Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development
NRA 14638 Manchester Canal
4
1883-84: parliamentary papers and other records
Archives: Wigan & Leigh
p7
NRA 13277 Wigan RO misc
5
1882-1956: misc records mainly printed
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
MSC
See Guide vol 2 1980
6
1913-60: diaries, survey notebooks and papers of William Robinson, marine superintendent
Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
See Accessions to Repositories 1975
7
1900-2000: additional records incl plans rel to Manchester Docks and Salford Quays
Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives)
B10
See Annual Return 2004
8
plans and books rel to the Port of Manchester and the Manchester Ship Canal
Science and Industry Museum
A1992.239
9
1885: preliminary prospectus with map
Science and Industry Museum
A1993.37
10
20th cent: traffic registers
Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives)
GB124.B10
See Annual Return 2015
11
1938: plan drawing of Ellesmere Port
National Waterways Archive
2017/27
See Annual Return 2017