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History In 1885 (completion in 1887) the canal was again sold when, under the Manchester Ship Canal Act the Manchester Ship Canal Company paid the Bridgewater Navigation Company £1,710,000 for the whole of their properties. One of the Ship Canals earliest needs was to replace Brindley’s stone aqueduct at Barton with the present steel swing aqueduct to carry the Bridgewater Canal over the Ship Canal, as famous today as its predecessor was in 1761.
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1759 - 1803 1759 - Early Days 1759-1761 - The process begins 1761-1776 - The next phase 1765 - Financial strain 1765 - From Sale to Stockport 1795 - From Worsley to Leigh
1803 - Death of the Duke 1825-1845 - Competition and Conflict 1872 - Change and Consolidation 1885 - Manchester Ship Canal Company acquires the canal and Barton Swing Bridge Built 1920's - present day 1971 - Bridgewater Canal Trust formed
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