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Auction: 1004 - Bonds & Shares of The World
Lot: 456

Mercy and Irwell Navigation, certificate for one share, 1724, no.488, black printing, on vellum, red wax seal with signatures of seven officers of the company, blue paper revenue stamps, the vellum is stained at top left with some overall discolouration, fine and rare. Estimate £ 500-600 The company received its Act of Parliament in 1721 and work began on making the Rivers Mersey and Irwell navigable in 1724. By 1734 small boats were able to sail from the centre of Manchester through to the Irish Sea. The company was acquired by its great rival, the Bridgewater Canal Company, in 1846.

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