Manchester Ship Canal - a history and plans for new wharves

The Manchester Ship Canal was built to avoid the very high cost of moving goods from Liverpool Docks to Manchester. It was so successful that for a time Manchester was the third largest and busiest port in the UK. Home of the Manchester Liners, one could sail from the middle of Manchester to Quebec City, Montreal, Toronto and via the great lakes, to Detroit and Chicago.
In this talk hosted by IWA Chiltern Branch, Richard Thomas takes us through its history and plans for the development of new wharves to handle 100,000 containers per annum.