Ellesmere Port, Manchester Ship Canal c.1955
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The thirty-five mile long Manchester Ship Canal works as one great harbour, and ships moving up and down the canal have to register each movement with the control centre at Eastham. When it first opened, the Ship Canal gave countless industries on the Mersey a chance to import and export more easily and cheaply. Railway lines were laid along the dockside so that goods could be loaded and unloaded from boat to railway wagon. Ellesmere Port was a favourite dock for timber from Russia and Scandinavia; from here it was moved all over the north for house building. The railway lines may look rusty and abandoned, but the canal is still busy at this time.
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