Canals and Waterways (Shire Library, Band 9) - Softcover

Ware, Michael E.

 
9780852638781: Canals and Waterways (Shire Library, Band 9)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0852638787 ISBN 13: 9780852638781
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1987

Inhaltsangabe

Many of Britain's navigable waterways now carry more traffic than they did in the supposed heyday of canals, though the traffic today is pleasure boats rather than commercial craft. This book traces the history of these artificial waterways, from Roman days through to the decline of commercial traffic in the 1950s. It covers the building of canals, the structures that make them work, their maintenance and the boats that travelled on them. The cargoes carried are given prominence, as are the 'people of the cut'. The last chapter shows the canals in decline, giving some of the reasons for the closure of many waterways, and describing why pleasure boating has now taken over.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Michael E. Ware is a writer with an interest in transport history. He formerly worked as the Director of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, and has written a number of books about the canals of England and Wales.

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Verlag
Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Erscheinungsdatum
1987
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0852638787
ISBN 13 
9780852638781
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
88
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