Britain’s Canal & River Craft
£8.95
This book is out of print. The copies available are second hand, in near-as-new or very good condition. This edition published by Moorland Publishing.
Britain’s Canal & River Craft provides a fascinating insight into the different types of working boats that once predominated across the inland waterways. The book consists of over 180 photos and numerous fine line drawings and detailed caption that provide a wealth of information presented in an easily digestible fashion.
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This is a pictorial study of the evolution of river and canal craft in the British Isles, arranged in ‘families’, the treatment of which is more or less geographical. ‘Families’ of craft are logical; for example, the waterways centred on the Thames employed craft of similar design and construction, keels were predominant tin Yorkshire, and so on.
Narrow boats proliferated across the canal network, centred in the Midlands. The ‘families’ are categorised as follows: The Thames, Severn, Narrow Boats, East Anglia, Yorkshire, Leeds & Liverpool Canal, North Western, Scotland, Ireland, Tugs, Boats in Trains, Passenger Packets, Ferries and Maintenance Craft.
Each ‘family’ of boats has its own chapter, all illustrated with over 180 archive photographs and a selection of detailed line drawings, specially prepared for the book.
Author: Edward Paget-Tomlinson
Binding: Softback
Published: 1993 (this edition). First published 1979
Pages: 144
Size: 245 x 188 mm
ISBN:0861902866
Publisher’s Price (in 1993): £10.50
