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Description

The cheque written by the Manchester Ship Canal Company for the purchase of the Bridgewater Canal. At the time, it was the largest cheque that had ever been written.

Source

Leech, B. T. (1907), History of the Manchester Ship Canal, published by Sherrat & Hughes

Date

12 May 2008

Author

Leech, B. T.

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