The total cost of the canal, from Worsley to Manchester and from Longford Bridge to the Mersey at Runcorn, was £ 220,000. Alongside the Mersey, the duke built Runcorn Dock, several warehouses, and Bridgewater House, a temporary home from which he could supervise operations at the Runcorn end. Two locks up from the tideway was a small dry dock.
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