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The
Manchester Ship Canal
is a wide, 36-mile (58 km) long, river navigation in
North West England
, opened on
21 May
1894
. At the time of its completion, it was the largest navigation canal in the world.
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It consists of the rivers
Irwell
and
Mersey
made navigable for seagoing ships from the
Mersey Estuary
to
Salford Docks
in
Greater Manchester
. It transformed
Manchester
from a landlocked city into a major sea port.
