Competition from rail and later road forced many canals into closure, and a large section of the old system seemed doomed to crumble away into terminal decay. Then came a new industry: the canal leisure industry, and with it the birth of the restoration movement. This final volume in the Anatomy of Canals series looks at what has been achieved and how the new compares with the old. Cities such as Brimingham have now been won over and have made the old canals part of a lively rejuvenation programme, while a new generation of engineers has produced such marvels as the Falkirk Wheel.
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This is the third book in the Anatomy of Canals Trilogy, again a review region by region it brings the story into the 21st Century.
There are suprises in the text like the details of the Falkirk Wheel where massive engineering of this century meets that of the eighteenth. Profusely illustrated this book is a must for canal fans.
There are suprises in the text like the details of the Falkirk Wheel where massive engineering of this century meets that of the eighteenth. Profusely illustrated this book is a must for canal fans.
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This is my review of Anthony Burton's "the Canal Builders", published here at the third book in his trilogy by mistake.
A succinct, entertaining writing of the transformation of England by the canallers, starting with Francis Egerton, who completed his Duke of Bridgewater's canal in 1761 at age 25. The peak of the Canal Age in England was 1793 which is when John Hancock subscribed $40 for the building of the Middlesex Canal in Massachusetts. As a member of the Middlesex Canal Association, my understanding of the beginning of canals and the Industrial Age in America was greatly changed by reading this clearly written, short book. Specifically, England was bustling in the eighteenth century, and America built on the progress in England. I look forward to reading more of Anthony Burton's more than thirty books.
A succinct, entertaining writing of the transformation of England by the canallers, starting with Francis Egerton, who completed his Duke of Bridgewater's canal in 1761 at age 25. The peak of the Canal Age in England was 1793 which is when John Hancock subscribed $40 for the building of the Middlesex Canal in Massachusetts. As a member of the Middlesex Canal Association, my understanding of the beginning of canals and the Industrial Age in America was greatly changed by reading this clearly written, short book. Specifically, England was bustling in the eighteenth century, and America built on the progress in England. I look forward to reading more of Anthony Burton's more than thirty books.
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