Eastham, Docks 1894
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A ship is sailing along the Manchester Ship Canal towards the old docks in Eastham in the same year that the canal was opened. Work began on the canal in 1887, and at its peak 97 steam excavators, 174 locomotives, 6,300 trucks, 194 cranes, 212 steam pumps, 59 pile engines, 196 horses and 16,000 navvies were involved. However, only 15,870 of the navvies were able to clock off at the end of their final shift; 130 lost their lives, and countless others lost fingers, hands, toes, feet and whole limbs in the harsh and dangerous conditions that prevailed.
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