 | Book - Kennet & Avon Canal Ref: 1237
by Clive & Helen Hackford.A safe route from London to Bristol was long a dream of traders and ship owners and was first proposed in 1788. Construction began in 1794 and 14 years later was opened. Attempts to close the canal in the 1940s were unsuccessful and the 1950s saw the formation of what was to become the Kennet & Avon Canal Trust.Over a long period, members of the trust, with support from British Waterways, rebuilt the neglected waterway and it was officially re-opened by HM the Queen in 1990.Soft back. 128 pages. 16.5cms x 23.5cms approx. Illustrated with over 200 black & white images.
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 | Book - Restoring the Kennet & Avon Canal Ref: 1613
by Peter Lindley-Jones.It was after the end of the Second World War that a few people realised that the remnants of Britain's canal network were, without drastic and immediate action, about to be lost to future generations. From these few enthusiasts grew a series of preservation organisations, of which the Kennet & Avon Canal Trust was one.The Trust had the unprecedented task of restoring over seventy miles of primarily rural canal with the added difficulties of massive engineering challenges to overcome. Although the canal re-opened in 1990, it took another ten years and £30 million to ensure its survival.This is the story of the work and dedication of literally thousands of volunteers over five decades and of the canal they restored.Soft back. 160 pages. 17.3cms x 24.8cms approx. Colour & black and white photos.
Price: £16.99
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 | Book - The Kennet & Avon Navigation (A History) Ref: 2082
by Warren Berry.The Kennet & Avon navigation was built to link Bristol and Bath with London, via Reading and the river Thames.This chronological and thematic narrative assesses the financial, technical and political difficulties that had to be overcome before the two river navigations could be linked, through to its decline, and then eventually restored.Hard back. 134 pages. 17.6cms x 25.5cms approx. Illustrated with black and white photos and drawings.
Price: £18.99
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 | Book - Kennet & Avon Canal Through Time Ref: 2154
by Clive Hackford.The fascinating selection of more than 180 photographs in this book take the reader on a trip from Bristol Harbour to Reading as they seek to document a variety of changes both rural and urban.Early black & white photos and modern colour ones of the same place.Soft back. 96 pages. 16.5 cms x 23.5 cms approx.
Price: £12.99
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 | Book - Leeds & Liverpool Canal Ref: 712
by Mike Clarke.Sub titled 'A History and Guide'. The Leeds and Liverpool canal is England's longest and arguably most successful canal. Originally conceived as a way for Bradford merchants to reach the rapidly expanding port of Liverpool, it was begun in 1770 from both ends simultaneously, and was finally completed only in 1816.The canal runs through or near some of the most significant industrial towns of the North - Liverpool, Wigan, Preston, Blackburn, Burnley, Bradford and Leeds - and for many years carried a large proportion of the goods that fuelled the industrial development of the entire region.Soft back. 288 pages. 16.9cms x 24.3cms approx.
Price: £12.00
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 | Book - Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Yorkshire Ref: 641
by Dr Gary Firth.The Leeds & Liverpool Canal is the longest single canal in Britain. From its completion in 1774 to the last commercial delivery, it served for nearly 200 years as a main artery of trade across northern England.Dr Gary Firth has collected over 200 photographsof the canal's eastern section from Leeds to Barnoldswick and accompanied them with an evocative commentary.Soft back. 128 pages. 16.5cms x 23.4cms approx.
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 | Book - Liverpool & its Canal Ref: 1710
by Mike Clarke.Mike Clarke has spent over 30 years researching the history of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.This book was first published almost 15 years ago as part of the Maritime Museum's series on Port History. Mike has added further historical information and illustrations, bringing the story up-to-date with details of the new canal across Pier Head, linking the north and south docks.Soft back. 95 pages. 17.4cms x 24.6cms approx. Illustrated with black and white photos and diagrams.
Price: £9.99
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 | Book - The Llangollen Canal Ref: 1876
by Harry Arnold.The Llangollen Canal is now the most popular and busiest pleasure cruising waterway in the British Waterways' network. Running for 46 miles from the main line of the Shropshire Union Canal near Nantwich, it wends its way across lovely Cheshire and Shropshire countryside, then into the spectacular Welsh mountains to a terminus on the River Dee in the Vale of Llangollen.Soft back. 160 pages. 17.4cms x 27.5cms approx. Colour & Black and white photos.
Price: £14.99
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 | Book - The Big Ditch (Manchester's Ship Canal) Ref: 1258
by Cyril J. Wood.Nowadays most of us think of the Manchester Ship Canal as that bit of water under the Thelwell Viaduct as we sit in one of England's traffic jam black spots, but in the days before the M6, the MSC was an important route from the docks at Salford and industrial Manchester to the world. All sorts of ships used this busy thoroughfare.In the 1880s, construction started on Britain's largest man-made inland waterway. A stunning engineering project in its own right, the 'Big Ditch' also spawned smaller marvels such as the Barton Aqueduct, and it remained busy for almost a century.Soft back. 160 pages. 16.5cms x 23.5cms approx. Illustrated with plenty of black & white photos and drawings.
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 | Book - Montgomery Canal and its Restoration Ref: 772
by Harry Arnold.An unfortunate breach in 1936 led to official abandonment in 1944. Fortunately, in 1968, volunteer work on the canal was started by the Shropshire Union Canal Society. The canal is gradually being restored and part of it is once again connected to the national network.Written by Harry Arnold, waterways journalist, photographer and co-founder of the restoration scheme, this history features many photographs from his extensive archive and includes rare views of L.T.C. Rolt's Cressy.Soft back. 128 pages. 16.5cms x 23.5cms approx.
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 | Book - The River Nene Ref: 1829
by Josephine Jeremiah.In this striking collection of carefully captioned old photographs, Josephine vividly reveals life along the Nene in bygone times.The wide variety of waterside scenes, of bridges, boats, locks, staunches and floods - and people - include both lively town and contrasting peaceful village views.Hard back. 126 pages. 19.3cms x 25.2cms. Illustrated with black & white photos.
Price: £14.99
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 | Book - Exploring The New River Ref: 2035
by Michael Essex-Lopresti.The New River is neither new nor a river but a four hundred year old canal winding through Hertfordshire and Middlesex and still supplying London with over 38 million gallons of water per day.This book combines the history of this little known waterway with detailed maps and routes permitting all to make their own exploration.Soft back. 101 pages. 14.7cms x 21cms approx. Black & white maps, drawings and photos.
Price: £9.95
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 | Book - Nottingham Canal Ref: 1502
by Bernard Chell.The Nottingham Canal ran from Trent Bridge to join with the Cromford and Erewash canals at Langley Mill. The canal itself was abandoned in the 1930s and much has been built on it since then, but this detailed book provides a lasting record of its journey from past to present. Carefully researched and illustrated with a mix of archive and modern photographs.Soft back. 160 pages. 17.2cms x 24.8cms approx.Black & white drawings and photos.
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 | Book - Yorkshire Ouse Navigation Ref: 1129
by Mike Taylor.In this book Mike has used an extensive resource of maps and photographs, dating from the late nineteenth century to the present, to illustrate the development of cargo carrying on the river and its tributary rivers and canals.It portrays not only the vessels at work, but boatbuilding, the power of the tides and bridges both road and rail. It is a unique and valuable record of the development of the river and its traffic.Soft back. 128 pages. 17.5cms x 23.5cms approx. Black & white illustrations.
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 | Book - London's Lost Route to Portsmouth Ref: 1786
by P.A.L. Vine.The Portsmouth & Arundel Canal was an extraordinary speculation and an ignominious failure. When it opened, in 1823, it was part barge canal, part ship canal and part open water over which barges had to rely on a primitive steam tug and a favourable tide.Paperback. 192 pages. 16.8cms x 26.5cms. Illustrated with numerous black & white photos and drawings,
Price: £15.99
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 | Book - Exploring The Regent's Canal Ref: 2036
by Michael Essex-Lopresti.This book serves both as a history and as a detailed guide to London's well known waterway, originally constructed in 1812. 5th edition. 2008.Soft back. 118 pages. 14.8cms x 21cms approx. Black & white maps and photos.
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 | Book - The Regent's Canal Ref: 1181
by Alan Faulkner.Enclosed in an almost secret world behind wharves and waterside buildings, the busy Regent's Canal served industries and businesses in north London for 150 years.Now used for houseboats, pleasure boating and by walkers and cyclists, the Regent's Canal has new life and its development and commercial success are explored in this detailed history of one of London's hidden assets.Hard back. 166 pages. 21.5cms x 27.7cms approx. Illustrated mainly with black and white photos and drawings, some colour photos.
Price: £25.00
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 | Book - Pennine Pioneer - the story of the Rochdale Canal Ref: 972
by Keith Gibson.The Rochdale Canal was the most successful of the three trans-Pennine canals. Trade boomed on the canal until the beginning of the twentieth century. By the Second World War, the canal was scarcely used. It was formally abandoned in 1952.In 1974 the Rochdale Canal Society was formed to promote the restoration of the canal, and it was completely re-opened from Manchester to Sowerby Bridge in 2002.This book follows the life of the canal from its inception in the eighteenth century to abandonment and tells of the more recent battle for its restoration.Soft back. 192 pages. Illustrated with black & white photos. 17.3cms x 24.8cms approx.
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 | Book - London's Lost Route to Midhurst Ref: 1294
by P.A.L. Vine. The 3rd Earl of Egremont's enthusiasm for inland navigation had been fired at an early age by the success of the Duke of Bridgewater's canal. Within 20 years of the waterway's opening the young earl was studying how inland navigation could be utilized to improve his estate at Petworth.The Rother Navigation was the first of his waterway adventures and his most successful. This is the story of how the navigation came to be built and how it flourished for the best part of a century.Hard back. 176 pages. 16.3cms x 22.5cms approx. Illustrated with black & white photos and drawings.
Price: £10.50
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 | Book - The Royal Military Canal Ref: 2180
by P.A.L. Vine.This canal was one of only two waterways built in Great Britain by the Government. It was designed as a defence against the threatened invasion of the Kent coast by the Emperor Napoleon in 1805. The 60ft wide waterway stretched 28 miles from Sandgate to Rye.The book also deals with the proposed Weald of Kent Canal. This book has been fully revised from the one first published 38 years ago, including new illustrations.Soft back. 224 pages. 15.6cms x 23.6cms approx. Black & white photos and diagrams.
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