Manchester Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Canal=== An extensive canal network, including the [[Manchester Ship Canal]], was built to carry freight from the Industrial Revolution onward; the canals are still maintained, though now largely repurposed for leisure use.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.waterways.org.uk/waterways/canals_rivers/manchester_ship_canal/manchester_ship_canal |title=Manchester Ship Canal |access-date=16 March 2015 |publisher=Inland Waterways Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110941/https://www.waterways.org.uk/waterways/canals_rivers/manchester_ship_canal/manchester_ship_canal |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live }}<br />{{cite news |first=Nigel |last=Pivaro |title=Ship canal cruising is all the rage |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/ship-canal-cruising-is-all-the-rage-1045298 |work=[[Manchester Evening News]] |publisher=M.E.N. media |date=20 October 2006 |access-date=19 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110100910/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/ship-canal-cruising-is-all-the-rage-1045298 |archive-date=10 November 2013}}</ref> In 2012, plans were approved to introduce a [[water taxi]] service between Manchester city centre and [[MediaCityUK]] at [[Salford Quays]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manchesterwatertaxis.com/links/ |title=Links |publisher=Manchester Water Taxis |access-date=9 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422233226/http://www.manchesterwatertaxis.com/links/ |archive-date=22 April 2014 }}</ref> It ceased to operate in June 2018, citing poor infrastructure.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/waxi-manchester-water-taxi-closed-14815702.amp |title=Manchester's Waxi water taxi service runs aground after two years β and the boats are being sold off too |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |date=22 June 2018 |first=Emily |last=Heward |access-date=7 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707222754/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/waxi-manchester-water-taxi-closed-14815702.amp |archive-date=7 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page