Schooner Port: Two Centuries of Upper Mersey Sail

Bank Quay barges boats bridge Bridgewater Canal Bridgewater Docks Bridgewater Navigation Company Bridgewater Trustees Brundrit & Whiteway building built at Runcorn buoys cargoes carried century chemical Cheshire Chester coal coast coastal trade Coastwise Commissioners construction crew Dennis Brundrit Duke Duke's export ferry flatmen foreign Frodsham Garston Helens Ibid industry iron Irwell Company John Lancashire launched locks Manchester Ship Canal mast merchants Mersey and Irwell Merseyside Northwich Old Quay op.cit owners paddle steamers passengers Port of Liverpool Port of Runcorn pottery River Mersey river Weaver Runcorn and Weston Runcorn docks Runcorn Gap sailing channels sailing flats sailing ships sailing vessels salt Saltport sand Sankey Canal schooner seamen Ship Canal Company shipbuilding Shipping Registers shipyards slate Sloop small craft steam stone tide timber tonnage Tons Vessels Tons towed town traffic Upper Mersey Navigation Vessels Built Warrington Guardian waterways Weaver West Bank Weston Point Widnes William yard