| This was spent mainly on a second line of locks at Runcorn, which were completed in 1828, plus new warehouses at Manchester and Liverpool. |
| When he emerged from the London to Runcorn train journey who should he see to electrify him back to life? |
| The old line of locks in Runcorn fell into disuse in the late 1930s, and they were closed under the Ship Canal Act of 1949 and filled in. |
| Another crossing, the Mersey Gateway road bridge is being built east of the Runcorn Gap. |
| It once connected with the River Mersey at Runcorn but has since been cut off by a slip road to the Silver Jubilee Bridge. |
| The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. |
