As part of research for Mapping Manchester and our future book I was looking for a copy of a most striking panoramic view of the docks from the Illustrated London News that I had seen reproduced in Douglas Farnie's book on the ship canal. Over the summer I managed to track down an original copy in the collection of Chetham's Library (many thanks to Michael Powell for his help in this matter). I managed to arrange for the panorama to be digitised and am happy to share a version in pdf format.
We also plan to feature H.W. Brewer's lovely bird's-eye view of Manchester in our forthcoming Mapping Manchester book. The original was published in The Graphic newspaper in 1889 and is now quite a collector's piece, selling for hundreds of pounds.
"How the sea has been brought to Manchester: A panorama of theManchester ship canal - A great engineering feat that cost £15,000,000 and connected the city directly with the Atlantic."
Illustrated London News, 2nd May 1925. (Courtesy of Chetham's Library.)
Illustrated London News, 2nd May 1925. (Courtesy of Chetham's Library.)
We also plan to feature H.W. Brewer's lovely bird's-eye view of Manchester in our forthcoming Mapping Manchester book. The original was published in The Graphic newspaper in 1889 and is now quite a collector's piece, selling for hundreds of pounds.