Port economics

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Identifikator:: 173564191X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-111718

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Cunningham, Brysson http://d-nb.info/gnd/1055472266

Title:: Port economics

Place of publication:: London [usw.]

Publisher:: Pitman

Year of publication:: 1926

Scope:: IX, 134 S

Digitisation:: 2020

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter X. Some typical ports

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SOME TYPICAL PORTS ZI5 manufacturers of the district was held in Manchester to discuss the project of a canal to connect the city with the sea, the outcome of which was the formation of the Manchester Ship Canal Company. The canal took seven years to construct and it was opened in 1894. It is 36 miles long and enters the river Mersey at Eastham, where the entrance locks are located. There are four other sets of locks in the course of the canal. The depth is 28 ft. throughout (in course of being increased to 30 ft.) and there is a bottom width of 120 ft. The docks (or basins) at Manchester and Salford, with adjacent wharfage, have an aggregate frontage of nearly 6 miles. The total cost, including land purchase and Parliamentary expenses, has been 17 millions. It is only within the last year or two that the undertaking has commenced to pay a dividend, but the traffic has grown steadily up to 54 million tons of goods, and there is every prospect of a favourable future. The predominant commercial interest in Manchester is, of course, cotton. Approximately 40 per cent of the world’s spindles are in Lancashire, and go per cent of these are within 12 miles of Manchester. This great hinterland of the port, however, is shared by Liverpool, which continues to hold the premier position in regard to the importation of bales of raw cotton. But Manchester has the advantage of being nearer to the point of ultimate use for the goods, and this is a factor which may tell in the long run. During 1924, the port received over 50 per cent (231,225 bales) of the total imports of Egyptian cotton into the United Kingdom. Apart from cotton, there is an important trade in general goods, provisions, etc. The docks at Manchester and Salford are administered by the Ship Canal Company, which is constituted by statute the port authority. The port is admirably served by rail to all parts of the country, in addition to which there are important canal connections. In close proximity to the docks is Trafford Park, where, under an

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