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Book - Navigation on the Yorkshire Derwent Ref: 1298
by Pat Jones.

This book is a greatly expanded version of articles written for early Waterways World magazines and others, and traces the history of the river, early navigation works and various Acts of Parliament to the situation that we have today.

Soft back. 144 pages. 5¾" x 8¼" approx. Illustrated with black & white photos and drawings.
Price: £9.95

Book - Exploring the Edinburgh to Glasgow Canals Ref: 1611
by Hamish Brown.

The historic canal system between Edinburgh & Glasgow has recently been upgraded to a major area for tourism and recreation. The Millennium Link project has joined the Union Canal with the Forth & Clyde Canal through the spectacular Falkirk Wheel. The Wheel, the world's first and only rotating boat lift, is now one of the leading visitor attractions in Britain.

The canals themselves were the cutting-edge technology of their day in the great age of the Industrial Revolution. In this guide, Hamish Brown describes their extraordinary history, illustrating it with rare archive pictures from his own collection.

Soft back. 144 pages. 5¼" x 8¾" approx. Colour and black & white photos, and maps.
Price: £12.99

Book - Exeter Canal Ref: 407
by Kenneth R. Clew.

This is the history of the navigation, from the blocking of the River Exe at Countess Wear to the present day. Here is the story of the Lighter Canal, the first Ship Canal, rivalries with other navigations, including the Exeter and Crediton Navigation, alterations and extensions to make the present Ship Canal, struggles for finance etc, and more recently the establishment of the Exeter Maritime Museum.

Hard back, 113 pages, 7½" x 10" approx. Black & white illustrations.

Normal retail price £14.95
Price: £11.75

Book - Forth & Clyde Canal Ref: 1612
by T.J. Dowds.

The Forth & Clyde Canal, completed in 1790, was by far the largest undertaking that had ever been seen in Scotland. It allowed coal and machinery to travel east, and grain to travel west. But it required capital on a scale previously unknown; it required the collaboration of Edinburgh, Glasgow and London.

It took 22 years to build. Now after a long period of neglect, and sporting the spectacular Falkirk Wheel, it enjoys new life as an imaginative leisure resource.

Soft back. 128 pages. 5½" x 8½" approx. Some black & white photos.
Price: £9.75

Book - Gloucester & Sharpness Canal Ref: 705
by Hugh Conway-Jones.

When the canal was opened in 1827 it was the widest and deepest canal in England, capable of taking most of the largest seagoing ships of the day. It bypassed a narrow, winding stretch of the River Severn and allowed Gloucester to develop as Britain's most inland port.

Drawing on contemporary sources, Hugh sheds new light on the difficulties encountered in constructing the canal, including the junction with the Stroudwater Canal, the only intersection of two independent canals in the country. Much new information is provided about how the completed canal was operated and maintained, what vessels made use of it and the facilities that were built at Gloucester as traffic increased.

Soft back. 192 pages. 6¾" x 9¾" approx. Colour and black & white photographs, and black & white drawings.
Price: £16.50

Book - Grand Union Canal Ref: 771
by Ian J. Wilson.

Looking at the group of canals that came together to form the Grand Union, Ian J. Wilson tells the story of this picturesque waterway and looks at the impact it has had in changing the landscape it has travelled through.

Using antique postcards and photographs to illustrate the story, he takes us on a trip along the main line to Braunston and along the various cuts at the southern end of the canal including the Paddington, Slough, Wendover, Aylesbury and Old Stratford & Buckingham Arms

Soft back. 128 pages. 6½" x 9¼" approx.
Price: £12.60

Book - Arteries of Commerce, Grand Union Canal (paperback) Ref: 1753
'The purpose of this handbook is to make known the facilities which the Grand Union Canal offers', taken from the foreward of the book, and written by the then Chairman of the Grand Union Canal Company.

Sections include:- Arteries of Commerce, Key Plan to Grand Union Canal Co's system, Canal Transport's Charter, Cardinal points of canal transport, Regent's Canal Dock plan, Regent's Canal dock facilities, Principal places served by Grand Union Canal, A map of the canal system, Schedule of canal boat owners, lightermen and carriers, Classified trade index to advertisers.

Soft back. 121 pages. 8¾" x 11¼" approx.
Price: £4.95

Book - Grand Western Canal Ref: 1555
by Helen Harris.

The enterprise that became known as the Grand Western Canal was conceived as part of the English 'canal mania' that reached fever pitch in the late eighteenth century. Truly grand in its original conception - a great waterwork that was to link Devon with the national canal network - the project foundered when railways became the principal means of transport.

The canal eventually ran from Tiverton to Taunton.

Soft back. 222 pages. 5½" x 8½" approx. Illustrated with black & white photos and drawings.
Price: £4.99

Book - The River Great Ouse & River Cam Ref: 1788
by Josephine Jeremiah.

It is fascinating to compare the present day river with how it once would have been.

Using an evocative collection of informatively captioned old prints and photographs, whose subjects range from boats, bridges, water mills and ferries to riverside towns and villages, Josephine takes the reader on an historical journey along the Great Ouse and some of its tributaries.

Hard back. 120 pages. 192mm x 253mm. Black & white photos.
Price: £15.50

Book - Hereford & Gloucester Canal Ref: 1296
by David Bick.

Throughout the length and breadth of England, no major navigation is so lost in obscurity as the Hereford & Gloucester Canal. Unlike its famous neighbour, the Thames & Severn, with which comparisons may be drawn, all links with living memory have inevitably broken and apart from a brief account here and there, its story has never been told.

Promoted on a doubtful footing during the Canal Mania of the 1790s, the canal has an absorbing history and industrial archaeology, and it is hoped these pages will provide a useful introduction to a subject studied for over 30 years.

Soft back. 112 pages. 5¾" x 8¼" approx. Illustrated with black & white photos and drawings. 3rd edition, 2003.
Price: £8.95

Book - Hollinwood Canal Ref: 477
by Gerry Fanning.

An account of the Hollinwood Branch of the Manchester and Ashton-under-Lyne Canal from its construction in 1792 to 2000.

Soft back. 63 pages. 8" x 11¾" approx. Numerous b/w photographs and maps.
Price: £5.25

Book - Horncastle & Tattershall Canal Ref: 1297
by J.N. Clarke.

At the end of the eighteenth century, the market town of Horncastle could only trade with villages within a 6-8 mile radius. Within 10 years the situation had changed completely with the construction of the canal linking Horncastle with the River Witham at Tattershall.

This is an account of its construction and working.

Soft back. 96 pages. 5¾" x 8¼" approx. Illustrated with black & white photos and drawings.
Price: £4.95

Book - Pennine Dreams Ref: 681
by Keith Gibson.

This is the story of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal and two Pennine dreams. The first part, telling how and why the canal was built, the operating years and its decline, is set in the context of what was happening in the outside world away from the canal.

The second part, that of the restoration of the canal, shows how the enthusiasts achieved respectability and were taken seriously by tackling the politics of restoring the canal, raising the money, and actually doing the work.

Softback. 160 pages. 6¾" x 9¾" approx. Black and white photographs.
Price: £16.50