Ellesmere Canal
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ellesmere-canal-172-16414837
title:
Ellesmere Canal
text:
The Ellesmere Canal was a waterway in England and Wales that was planned to carry boat traffic between the rivers Mersey and Severn. The proposal would create a link between the Port of Liverpool and the mineral industries in north east Wales and the manufacturing centres in the West Midlands. However, the canal was never completed as intended because of its rising costs and failure to generate the expected commercial traffic. The Ellesmere Canal, which was first proposed in 1791, would have cre
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encyclopedia
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United Kingdom legislation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellesmere_Canal
date created:
2003-12-23T13:19:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T12:34:16Z
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