Manchester Ship Canal Co

Manchester Ship Canal pamphlets: 'Facts and figures in favour of the proposed Manchester Ship Canal' by Mancuniensis (James W Harvey), 1882; Engineers reports and report of the Provisional Committee to the subscribers to the Guarantee Fund; report of meeting and list of subscribers to original Guarantee Fund, 26 September 1882; 'Why it is wanted! And why it will pay!' by Cottonpolis (J Lawrence); 'Some legal considerations in relation to the proposed Manchester Ship Canal' by a Manchester barrister (T A Hulme), 1882; 'Manchester a timber port' by Lumber (Henry Sales), n.d.; 'How the Railway Companies are crippling British industry and destroying the canals', evidence given before the Railway Rates committee, 1881-82, by Peter Spence, JP, 1882; 'The Manchester Ship Canal', opinions of the press, 1882; 'A reply to Mr A Provand's adverse criticism by a supporter of the Canal' (H Lawrence), 1883