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Ellesmere Port / Whitby Lighthouse

Posted by Howard - Liverpool on June 20, 2020 at 7:46am in Ships

Liverpool - River Mersey 7/6/20

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  Originally used for guiding the ships from the River Mersey into the Shropshire Union Canal (1796). Lighthouse reconstructed 1880.  After the Manchester Ship Canal was built (1894) this severed the direct link and made the lighthouse redundant.

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  • Howard - Liverpool June 22, 2020 at 6:42am
    Thanks Jack - Now we can get about we may discover more !!
  • Jack Dryden June 20, 2020 at 7:24pm
    Very nice Howard.good info too
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