Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,499 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Bridgewater Navigation Co

From Graces Guide
1876.

Carriers by water.

Head offices at:
Albert Square, Manchester;
Duke's Dock, Liverpool;
Albion Wharf, Wolverhampton;
Horselt Offices, Tipton; and
Great Charles Street, Birmingham.

c.1872 Purchased the Bridgewater canals and the Mersey and Irwell Navigation from the Bridgewater Trustees.

1885 the Manchester Ship Canal Co paid the Bridgewater Navigation Company £1,710,000 for all their property.

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