John Corbridge's Histories of the Mersey & Irwell Navigation, the River Mersey, the Forgotten Waterways of Northern England and the Manchester Ship Canal
1966-1984
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Total copies: 1
Four scrapbooks containing photographs, maps, plans and Mr Corbridge's commentary in typescript and longhand on all aspects of the history and workings of the canals. Each volume contains loose inserts of photographs, letters and cuttings.
1. The Mersey & Irwell Navigation - a complete history in facts, figures and photographs, 1 volume.
2. The Mersey & Irwell Navigation - this is the full story of trade on the rivers between Liverpool & Manchester, 1712-1887 with earlier history and later developments up to the present times, 1 volume.
3. The Ashton Canal, 1 volume.
4. Forgotten Waterways of Northern England: the Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal; Mathew Fletcher's Canal; the St Helen's Canal; the Rochdale Canal; the Uttoxeter Canal; the Hollinwood and Fairbottom Branch Canals; the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, 1 volume.
Related Material:Eric Morton published John Corbridge's A Pictorial 'History of the Mersey and Irwell Navigation' in 1979 (our ref: 386.48Co3) and Corbridge wrote two articles for Waterways World in February and March 1979 (our ref: 386.4809427).
Title:
John Corbridge's Histories of the Mersey & Irwell Navigation, the River Mersey, the Forgotten Waterways of Northern England and the Manchester Ship Canal
Date of work:
1966-1984
Reference number:
GB127.MISC/1285
Level of description:
Fonds
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
Record types:
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Language:
English
Record number:
7206037