The Towers

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The Towers (later known as the Shirley Institute, then the BTTG, and now part of Towers Business Park) is a Grade II* listed building on Wilmslow Road in Didsbury, a suburb of Manchester, England. Built between 1868 and 1872 for John Edward Taylor to designs by Thomas Worthington, it later became the home of engineer Daniel Adamson, where the Manchester Ship Canal project was first conceived in 1882. From 1920 it served as the headquarters of the Shirley Institute, later part of the British Textile Technology Group, before the estate was redeveloped as Towers Business Park in the early 21st century. The house remains in use as offices.