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Canals in General

Displays, Reports, etc.

The length, number of locks, opening and closing date of virtually all UK waterways.

 

Total UK waterway mileage at ten year intervals.

 

1996 Paper by Mike Clarke on English Canals, Yesterday and Today.

 

2009 Paper by Mike Clarke on Conservation Conflicts on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

 

The various types of boat used on British inland waterways, display panel.

 

Brighouse Canal Basin, Historical Map.

 

British Underground Canals.

 

A Wide or a Narrow Canal? An 18th century discussion.

 

Proposed boatlifts in the UK from 1883.

Historical Documents

1744, The Newry Canal described, Britain's first summit level canal.

 

1796, Observations on small canals, Gentleman's Magazine.

 

1810, Tardebigge Boat Lift leaflet.

 

1817, Guide for Excavation Pricing.

 

1847, Rope towage by steam, Mechanics Magazine.

 

1857, Gauging boats on the Regent's Canal.

 

1859, Engineering in Ireland, Inst. Civil Eng Ireland.

 

1881, Sunday canal working leaflet.

 

1893, 'Ship Railway', Union Canal, Scotland.

 

1905, Canal boats with gas engines.

 

1908, Anderton Boat Lift article.

 

1910, Canal Boat Children.

 

1917, Concrete Boats.

 

1925c Anderton Boat Lift article from Electrical Wonders of the World.

 

1956 Bowes Report visits.