Building the Big Ditch

Building the Big Ditch: The Manchester Ship Canal compiled by Glen Atkinson from the Frank Mullineux collection. A photographic collection of the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal. The author has used 19th century slides from the Frank Mullineux collection and provided explanations of the details shown and the technology used. A readable, and often humorous, look at one of the region’s greatest engineering projects. A4, 52pp