Transport and the industrial city : Manchester and the canal age, 1750-1850 / Peter Maw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maw, Peter (Historian), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canals--England--Manchester--History--18th century.

Canals.

Canals--England--Manchester--History--19th century.

Waterways--England--Manchester--History--18th century.

Waterways.

Waterways--England--Manchester--History--19th century.

Industrial sites--England--Manchester--History--18th century.

Industrial sites.

Industrial sites--England--Manchester--History--19th century.

Industrial revolution--England--Manchester.

Industrial revolution.

Manchester (England)--Commerce--History--18th century.

Manchester (England).

Manchester (England)--Commerce--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 308 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2013.

Summary:

Focusing on Manchester, this book shows that canals were at the heart of the self-styled Cottonopolis. Not only did canals move the key commodities of Manchester's industrial revolution -coal, corn, and cotton - but canal banks also provided the key sites for the factories that made Manchester the 'shock city' of the early Victorian age.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Manchester canals : trade, commodities and markets

3. Competition and complementarity : canals, roads and railways in Manchester

4. Bringing goods to market : carriers in the canal age

5. On the waterfront : basins, warehouses and wharves in canal-age Manchester

6. The waterfront and the factory

7. Canals, transport and the Industrial Revolution in Manchester

8. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 23, 2026).

ISBN:

1-5261-3047-5

OCLC:

1030036848