What were the advantages and disadvantages of transport between Liverpool and Manchester 1820?
Lots of problems can occur on route
Disadvantage: Many problems can occur whilst traveling!
For example:
By the Mersey and Irwell Navigation: Delayed by tides and storm.
By Road: The roads tend to be in poor conditions.
The End!
As you can see, there are too many disadvantages that advantages to not have to make a change! Soon after they realised, they built a railway to solve most of their problems!
The journeys were very long
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Flatford Mill
•Advantage: before the railway was created, they used a canal and alsoby road to transport all goods to and from Liverpool and Manchester. This is an advantage since it could transport all essential goods to and from Liverpool and Manchester.
The Fighting Temeraire
Disadvantage: The journeys were so long to and from Liverpool and Manchester.
For example:
By the Leeds and Liverpool Canal: 3Days
By the Mersey and Irwell Navigation: 36Hours
By Road: 3Hours
By the Bridgewater Canal: 2Days
The Hireling Shepherd
Disadvantage: one big downside of the transport between Liverpool and Manchester was that it was too expensive.
For example:
By Road: 40s a ton
By Leeds and Liverpool Canal: 9s 2d a ton
By the Mersey and Irwell Navigation: Cotton 20s a ton, Grain 13s a ton, Sugar 16s 8d a ton
By the Bridgewater Canal: Cotton 18s 4d a ton, Grain 12s 6d a ton, Sugar 13s 4d a ton
Not enough canal barges!
Disadvantage: There was not enough canal barges. Raw material would pile up at the Liverpool docks that are meant for Manchester since there is not enough canal barges!
Lots of different routes to travel
Advantage: There was a lots of different routes that transported goods so that meant that there was more space in each route and enable more trading to go on.
