Port of Manchester. For more than 200 years cotton grown on the other side of the world has been coming to Britain to be spun and woven under the smoky skies of Lancashire in a collection of towns within a few miles of the Port. It was not, however, until 1894 that cotton was shipped direct to this area for until that year Manchester had no access to the sea. The opening of the Ship Canal provided a quicker and more economical route to which importers and exproters were not slow to take advantage. The photograph shows the 'City of Bath' discharging over 30,000 bales of Indian cotton; SBL
28th March 1938
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Port of Manchester. For more than 200 years cotton grown on the other side of the world has been coming to Britain to be spun and woven under the smoky skies of Lancashire in a collection of towns within a few miles of the Port. It was not, however, until 1894 that cotton was shipped direct to this area for until that year Manchester had no access to the sea. The opening of the Ship Canal provided a quicker and more economical route to which importers and exproters were not slow to take advantage. The photograph shows the 'City of Bath' discharging over 30,000 bales of Indian cotton; SBL
Date of work:
28th March 1938
Reference number:
GB124.B10/10/3/739
Level of description:
Item from Fonds: Manchester Ship Canal Company (GB124.B10)
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Record types:
Greater Manchester County Record Office
Language:
English
Record number:
7279126