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This black commemorative plaque records: Opened 21 May 1894 by Queen Victoria Manchester Ship Canal Engineer Sir Edward Leader Centenary Year 1994 Recorded plaque organisation: Institutions of Civil Structural Mechanical Engineers.

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) was queen from 1837 to 1901, a period marked by significant industrial, cultural, and imperial expansion known as the Victorian era. Her reign saw the opening of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894, a major engineering achievement that facilitated trade and economic growth.

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