Canal Recollections
£6.95
This book is out of print. The copies available are second hand, in near-as-new or very good condition.
This excellent-value 96-page book has a a splendid selection of archive canal photos from the working days of the waterways. The carefully selected photos are clear images of an industrial past long gone and a way of life that few can now remember. There are many striking images, and the detailed captions explain what happened, why it happened, and where it happened.
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With the advent of the industrial revolution in Britain, the need to transport large quantities of raw materials and goods concentrated in the minds of industrialists and engineers. The existing road system was antiquated and the steam engine and railways were still years away. The canal age was born out of their this acute need for reliable long distance transport.
By the end of the 18th century Canal Mania had gripped England. Great canal engineers, including Thomas Telford, John Rennie and William Jessop, were soon engaged in the construction of hundreds of miles of waterways. At this time some of the major engineering features pushed the then known technology to its limits.
For a few short years the canal companies flourished, only to be quickly eclipsed by the coming of the railways. With the aid of the extensive archive collection of British Waterways this book vividly portrays many aspects of life on Britain’s canals from the late 19th century to 1960.
Author: Julian Holland
Binding: Softback
Published: January 1998
Pages: 96
Size: 250 x 183 mm
ISBN: 1855853965
Publisher’s Price (in 1998): not known
