Volume 100 for 2004

Papers on the theme of transport in the Manchester area, including

reviews the archaeology and history of the Irwell and Castlefield waterfronts in the eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, and in particular the evidence associated with the Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company, and also discusses archaeological survey work undertaken along the River Irwell during the 1980s and 1990s

article assessing the nature and extent of road traffic growth in Manchester during the Industrial Revolution period; looking at the issue of building new roads and realigning existing ones; and examining the question of how roads were constructed

describes the history and extant remains of the largest canal and tramway trans-shipment port on the English narrow canal system, and the project to restore and conserve them

study of the effect of the construction of nineteenth-century railways, stations and associated buildings on housing and the topography of Manchester, with special reference to Central Station and the Great Northern Railway Goods Warehouse

looks at the history of bicycle use and manufacture in Manchester, and the reasons why the city apparently failed to capitalise on the potential this trade

examines the impact of state intervention and regulation on the development of the airport and its infrastructure

brief account of the origins and development of the museum, its management, the vehicles in its collection, and its archives