THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL.
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To Sir E. Leader Williams belongs the chief
credit for the remarkable engineering triumph
which the completion of the Canal records.
Closely associated with him, and ever per-
forming most valuable work, has been Mr.
W. Henry Hunter, his successor as chief en-
gineer. Mr. Ernest Latimer is the general
superintendent, Mr. H. M. Gibson chief traffic
superintendent, and Mr. F. A. Eyre secre-
tary of the Manchester Ship Canal Company.
MAP OF DISTRICT SERVED BY THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL EITHER
DIRECTLY OR THROUGH ALLIED CANAL SYSTEMS.
Note.—For the plans and sections, as also for much information,
the writer is greatly indebted to Mr. J. K. Bythell, the
chairman of the Ship Canal Company,
and also to Mr. H. Hunter.