Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-09
/ . THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL. =


Of the whole world. We saw large
manufacturing towns at every Few
miles and often passed other steamers
coming up TO the city. The locks were
easily and quickly gone through the
sluice gates open and shut automau-
cally and the steamer drops twelve feet
within less than half as many min
1tes.
CURVING BRIDGES,
We steamed under great railroad
bridges so high above the canal that
the masts Of the ships do not touch
them as they pass on below These
bridges were erected at an immense
cost by the canal company. The rail-
road companies Were opposed to the en-
lerprise as they thought It would cut
down their traffic between Liverpool
and Manchester, so they forced the can
al people 10 not only build the bridges,
but TO raise the railroads for several
miles on each side of the canal, so that
the slope Of the road crossing the canal
might not be steep,
The most surprising bridge on the
canal however, is one where the
}ridgeWater canal crosses the Man
chester ship canal. The Bridgewater
canal has for years done a big business
between Manchester and Liverpool II
was bought BY the Manchester COM
pdny at the time they began the ship
anal, and Il was then making a profit
Of something ike 100000 a year, Ii is
TIL I'm use, Nnd II carries considerable
freight The line Of this canal was
right across the route necessary to the
Manchester ship canal and at first is
seemed as though the construction OF
! the latter would necesstate It's destruc-
ION
This was objected 10, and the enrln-
| GERS solved this problem by making
"Wingng uuueduCt bridge at the cross
, Ing. This bridge can be closed with the
water and even with the boats in II.
and by machinery SO moved around TO
the Side ,ha. the ships can pass
| through IN the greater canal below
When they have passed the bridge
moves back into place aud the water
flows on ugdlsturbed The aqueduct,
| with the water In Il. weight / 400 tons,
| and II Is moved as easily as though It
! weighed less than fourteen pounds. II
| can be swung Tn a couple OF minutes
! so that the harges Of the Old canal are
! almost unhindered by the mighty ships
OF the new
ENGLAND'S BIG CANAL SYSTEM.
This Brdgewater canal Is only one
| 1t the large number OF waterways
which distribute freight to all parts OF
England We are prone TO look upon
this as a railroad country II is a
canal country as well. The united
kingdom has altogether S9O7 miles Of
canals, and Of these about 1900 belong
90 England and Wales More than
one-third Of the whole Is the prop
erty of the railways, the others being
managed by private corporations. Many
of the canals are connected with Lon.
don. one joins Liverpool and Birming.
ham, others tap the country about
Leeds ard ethr-y are found IN ths lis
NtE ~tieasu Nsiilf l4i 4seitfaJ.
h4h,,. ,, @tJtis scs 9n.and "a II les
Upon these waterways about 10000.
GOO tons Of freight are annually carried
at a cost OF more than 10000, 600. They
are said to pay with horses as their mo-
tive power and It is now proposed Ia
run them by electricity, and | UNDER
stand that some Of our American capt.
talists have been looking into this
transformation as a field for profitable
investment.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Manchester England, August |.