These pages feature photographs from the collection of Mike Dilger, who ran the White Lion public house in Castlefield.
Conveyor used for lifting spoil from the bed of the ship canal and loading it into waiting wagons.
Photo: Mike Dilger Collection
Drawing showing work beginning on excavating the canal at Eastham.
Photo: Mike Dilger Collection
Loaded wagons on the canal bed. This appears to be at one of the junctions with the River Mersey.
Photo: Mike Dilger Collection
Furnicular rail lift to raise loaded carts from the base of the canal. At the top of the lift, the carts were emptied into wagons waiting below the platform..
Photo: Mike Dilger Collection