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Ellesmere Port
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Ellesmere Port
A municipal borough of northwest England on the Mersey River south-southeast of Liverpool. It has oil refineries and various light industries. Population: 66,200.

Ellesmere Port
n
(Placename) a port in NW England, in NW Cheshire on the Mersey estuary and Manchester Ship Canal. Pop.: 64 504 (1991)


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It was the construction of the canal which enabled goods from Ellesmere in Shropshire to be distributed across the UK, transforming the tiny riverside hamlet of Netherpool into the Port of Ellesmere and later Ellesmere Port.
 
 
 
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