1. Presentation at University of Manchester School of Law / 2 July 2018
A WATERWAY REPURPOSED – NATURE PARKS RISE ALONG ENGLAND’S MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL
PAUL STANTON KIBEL
PROFESSOR, GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY (ggu) SCHOOL OF LAW
DIRECTOR, ggu ceNTER ON Urban Environmental Law (CUEL)
Natural resource counsel, water and power law group
Presentation at University of Manchester School of Law / 2 July 2018

2. THE SHIP ON MANCHESTER CITY FC’S BADGE
A Strange Symbol for a City Not on the Coast

3. A CANAL BUILT FOR LATE 19th CENTURY SHIPS
When Completed in 1984 the Largest Navigational Channel in the World

4. THE ROUTE OF THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL
A Waterway for Manchester Commerce to Bypass the Port of Liverpool

5. A VESSEL PLYS THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL
Too Narrow and Too Shallow for Modern Container Ships

6. Situated Cheek by Jowl with Industry
MOORE NATURE RESERVE
Situated Cheek by Jowl with Industry

7. WIGG ISLAND COMMUNITY PARK
Former Mustard Gas Works Transformed into Open Space

8. OCEAN GATEWAY/PORT SALFORD PROJECT
A Plan to Revive Commercial Traffic on the Manchester Ship Canal

9. TRAFFORD ECOLOGY PARK NEAR THE CANAL
Making Manchester A City People Want to Live and Work In

10. OLD ERIE CANAL FROM ALBANY TO BUFFALO
Linking the Atlantic Ocean/New York City to the Great Lakes

11. THE “ARTIFICIAL RIVER” AS A “NATURAL” RESOURCE
Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, Erie Canal Trail and
Old Erie Canal State Historic Park

12. THE RIGHT SYMBOL FOR THE CITY
Manchester Ship Canal Viewed as Permanent Element of Natural Landscape