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==History== [[Ellesmere Canal]] is the name of the area were the canal joins the [[river Mersey]]; by the mid-1790s it was known as Ellesmere Port. Docks and warehouses were built to facilitate this. [[File:Ellesmere-port-basin.jpg|thumb]] Between 1830 and the 1840s facilities were improved by the engineer [[Thomas Telford]] and others. In 1846 the Ellesmere Canal was amalgamated with the [[Shropshire Union Canal]]. In 1892 a new wharf was built to handle traffic on the [[Manchester Ship Canal]]. In 1921 the docks were leased to the Manchester Ship Canal, and this led to the decline of Ellesmere Port.
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