Manchester Ship Canal Co

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The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

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