Port of Manchester
Port of Manchester | |
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Location | |
Location | England |
Coordinates | 53°29′N 2°16′W / 53.483°N 2.267°W |
The Port of Manchester was a port in
History
On 1 January 1894, a steamer owned by the
20th century
The Port of Manchester was not the major destination for American cotton in the early 20th century, but it was for Egyptian cotton. In 1907–1908 about half of the cotton used in Lancashire cotton mills passed through the port, about 216,570 bales. In the early-20th century, the main produce travelling through the port was timber, grain, and cotton.[8] The grain trade expanded more than tenfold, increasing from 35,000 long tons (35,562 t) in 1895 to 406,000 long tons (412,515 t) in 1907.[4]
Based on value of import and export trade, between 1904 and 1964 the Port of Manchester was in the top five most important custom ports in the UK for 39 out of the 55 years for which figures exist.[9] The peak year for tonnage was 1959, but the port declined in the 1960s because of the increasing size of ocean-going vessels, most of which could not enter the canal.[10]
Manchester Liners
Manchester Liners was established on 3 May 1898, to provide a fortnightly transatlantic service between the Port of Manchester and North America, via the Manchester Ship Canal. Its first purpose-built ship, Manchester City, launched on 27 October 1898, was designed to suit the dimensions of the canal, and was fitted with telescopic masts to allow it to pass under the bridges along the canal. The success of its inaugural trip to
References
Citations
- ^ Farnie (1980), p. 5
- ^ Parkinson-Bailey (2000), p. 127
- ^ Pevsner (1969), p. 267
- ^ a b M'Farlane (1908), p. 500
- ^ "A New Year Celebration", Canal Archive: Bridging the Years, The Transport Archive, retrieved 17 November 2008
- ^ M'Farlane (1908), p. 497
- ^ M'Farlane (1908), pp. 497–498
- ^ M'Farlane (1908), p. 498
- ^ Kidd (1996), p. 185
- ^ Gray (1997), pp. 6, 123
- ^ Farnie (1980), pp. 35–37
- ^ Gray (1997), p. 118
Bibliography
- Farnie, D. A. (1980), The Manchester Ship Canal and the rise of the Port of Manchester, 1894–1975, Manchester University Press, ISBN 978-0-7190-0795-8
- Gray, Edward (1997), Manchester Ship Canal, Sutton Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7509-1459-8
- Kidd, Alan (1996), Manchester, Keele: Keele University Press, ISBN 978-1-85331-028-7
- M'Farlane, John (November 1908), "The Port of Manchester: The Influence of a Great Canal", The Geographical Journal, 32 (5), Blackwell Publishing: 496–503, JSTOR 1777170
- Parkinson-Bailey, John J. (2000), Manchester: An Architectural History, Manchester University Press, ISBN 978-0-7190-5606-2
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1969), Lancashire, The Industrial and Commercial South, Penguin Books, ISBN 978-0-14-071036-6