The Shannon Navigation - Hardcover

Delaney, Ruth

 
9781843511328: The Shannon Navigation
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1843511320 ISBN 13: 9781843511328
Verlag: The Lilliput Press Ltd, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

The Shannon Navigation traces the history of the River Shannon as a navigation up to the present day from the 1750s when the early works were commenced under the Commissioners of Inland Navigation from 1800 to 1831. These works, which took many years to complete, were not very successful and were badly maintained. In the 1830s the arrival of steamers focussed attention on the poor state of the navigation, which coincided with the efforts of the government to initiate public works to relieve distress by providing employment. During the 1840s a major scheme was carried out creating the fine navigation that in enjoyed today. The works ere designed to address the combined issues of navigation and drainage but only partially improved the extensive problems of flooding.
This documentary history is illustrated by over two hundred and fifty photographs, engravings, posters, maps and drawings.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

RUTH DELANY has been researching the history of the Irish inland waterways for many years. She was a founder member of the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland in 1954 when the Shannon Navigation was at a very low ebb. She was president of the IWAI from 1981-84 and edited the Inland Waterway News for many years until 1998. In addition to editing guides to the inland waterways, her publications include Canals of the South of Ireland (1966), The Grand Canal of Ireland (1973), By Shannon Shores (1987), Ireland s Inland Waterways (1988) and Ireland s Royal Canal (1992).

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Verlag
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1843511320
ISBN 13 
9781843511328
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
296
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