Title

Barge crossing the Barton aqueduct over the Irwell, Salford, Greater Manchester, c1794. Artist: Robert Pollard

Caption

Barge crossing the Barton aqueduct over the Irwell, Salford, Greater Manchester, c1794. Financed largely by Francis Egerton, Duke of Bridgewater (1736-1803), the 10 mile (16 km) length of canal linking his coal mines at Worsley to the city of Manchester opened in 1761. In 1766 a 30 mile (50 km) extension was opened from Manchester to Liverpool. This was the first British canal to be completely man-made. The engineer for the project was James Brindley (1716-1772).
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1794

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B65_284

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,3Mb) / 15,6in x 12,5in / 4665 x 3746 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation river England event boat boats industry country crossing bridge British geography English canal location century barge Britain Barton civil engineering aqueduct B&W MONOCHROME salford industrial revolution Coal Industry Construction Industry water transport black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century Oxford Science Archive Bridgewater Canal geographical feature Greater Manchester River Irwell TGN James engraving Francis Robert Pollard James Brindley Brindley Egerton Francis Egerton Duke of Bridgewater Pollard Robert James Brindley Francis Egerton engraving