Photos showing progress on the construction of the Liverpool Canal Link, October 2007. [Page 1, Page 2.]
The next section of canal that will be open to the sky, in front of the Port of Liverpool Building, near Mann Island.
At Mann Island, the route of the Canal Link turns towards Canning Dock.
Close-up of portal at Mann Island.
The canal channel in front of the Port of Liverpool Building, looking north.
East of Mann Island the canal link will continue through a tunnel towards Canning Dock. There will be a lock with a shallow fall to take boats down into Canning Dock.
This tunnel was constructed in the first half of 2007 to enable access to the Museum of Liverpool construction when Mann Island was excavated. In the foreground on the right are the remains of part of the dockside of Manchester Dock.
Looking back northwards towards the Pier Head from the museum site.
Construction under way on the site of the new Museum of Liverpool.
