Marshall Stevens

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Marshall Stevens
Born	18 April 1852 Plymouth, England
Died	12 August 1936 Devonport, England
Nationality	English
Occupation	Property developer
Spouse	Louisa Blamey
Parents	Sanders Stevens and Emma Ruth Marshall

Marshall Stevens (18 April 1852 – 12 August 1936) was an English property developer whose work with Daniel Adamson and others led to the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal, completed in 1894. He was appointed general manager of the Ship Canal Company in 1891. On 1 January 1897 Stevens resigned from the canal company to become general manager of Trafford Park Estates, a company set up by Ernest Hooley to develop Trafford Park,^[1] the ancestral home of the de Trafford family, into what was to become the first and largest planned industrial estate in the world. He also served as Conservative Member of Parliament for Eccles from 1918 to 1922.^[1]

Contents 1 Commemoration 2 References 2.1 Notes 2.2 Bibliography

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Following Stevens' death in 1936, shareholders in Trafford Park Estates subscribed to pay for a memorial. It was designed and executed by Arthur Sherwood Edwards, in the form of a 22-ton (22.5 t) block of Welsh granite with a bronze portrait medallion and inscription. The memorial was unveiled in October 1937, on its original site at the junction of Trafford Park Road and Ashburton Road. In 1993 the introduction of a new road layout resulted in its relocation to Wharfside Promenade, now the site of the Imperial War Museum North. When construction work began on the museum, the memorial was put into temporary storage before being relocated once again, to Trafford Park Village, at the junction of Third Avenue and Eleventh Street.^[2]

The memorial is inscribed:

Marshall Stevens 1852–1936 To whose foresight, energy and ability the successful development of Trafford Park as an industrial area is due.

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