More Manchester Ship Canal songs; the construction of the Ship Canal caught the imagination of contemporary writers and continues to do so today.

‘Tales from the Towpath’ was a BBC Radio 2 programme first broadcast on 27 May 1997. It tells the story of the building of the Manchester Ship Canal.
The programme featured Mike Harding, the Albion Band, Bridgewater Brass Ensemble and Mikron Theatre Company.
https://www.waterwaysongs.info/AV/tales_from_the_towpath.htm Original songs;

36 miles Away from the Sea
Tales of the Towpath
We Can't Get the Wares Away
The Ganger's Wife
Your Loving Son, Dan
Big Ditch Flood
A Modern Marvel

Manchester Ship Canal recorded by Pumpkin Pie
https://www.waterwaysongs.info/Songs/M/manchester_ship_canal_2.htm

Manchester Ship Canal by John Gill recorded by Hindle Wakes
https://www.waterwaysongs.info/Songs/M/manchester_ship_canal_gill.htm

NEW SONG ON THE PROPOSED SHIP CANALTo enable large vessels to be navigated from Liverpool to Manchester
Text is from a broadside which stated it was to be sung to the air "Grandmother's Chair".
https://www.waterwaysongs.info/Songs/N/new_proposed_canal.htm

SEAPORT TOWN OF MANCHESTER   or Prosperity to the Ship Canal
Text is from the broadside printed by Jack Harkness, Printer, Church Street, Preston.
https://www.waterwaysongs.info/Songs/S/seaport_manchester.htm