The Anatomy of Canals – The Mania Years
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This second volume in the Anatomy of Canals series charts the history of the British canal system at the height of its popularity. Canal building that had stuttered almost to a standstill in the 1780s was revitalised in the 1790s when new schemes were suddenly being promoted with astonishing rapidity. No fewer than 21 canal acts were passed in 1793 alone, and this early part of the decade became known as the time of Canal Mania.
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From the 1790s to the 1820s most of the canal network in the United Kingdom was constructed. It was an age that was to give the canal world some of its most remarkable and dramatic features, as a new generation of engineers prepared to tackle obstacles head-on and to use the new technologies of the Industrial Revolution in huge civil engineering projects undertaken throughout England, Scotland and Wales. Inclined planes, aqueducts, flights of locks, and tunnels all marked the construction of the canal network. Towns and cities throughout the country were linked and trade boomed as a result. The canals built in this period marked the beginning of Britain’s first integrated transport network.
In Anatomy of Canals – the Mania Years, Anthony Burton tells the story of this exciting time for canal construction, accompanied by evocative photographs from Derek Pratt.
Author: Anthony Burton
Binding: Softback
Published: October 2002 – reprinted 2006
Pages: 160
Size: 248 x 175 mm
ISBN: 0752423851
Publisher’s Price (in 2006): £16.99
