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Navigation on the Yorkshire Derwent (Canal History)
 
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Navigation on the Yorkshire Derwent (Canal History) (Paperback)

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The middle reaches of the Yorkshire Derwent were said to offer the finest scenery of any navigable river in Britain, but today, alas, they lie beyond our reach. The 38 miles of river between Malton and its confluence with the river Ouse have almost certainly been used by small craft since the time of the Romans, and improvements in the 18th century permitted navigation by the barges then trading on other Yorkshire rivers. After commercial navigation ceased it became a river for pleasure, but legal action begun in the 1980s failed to prove that public rights had survived a 1935 Order extinguishing the Statutory Navigation. This book outlines the history of the river as a trade route serving Malton, Stamford Bridge, and numerous smaller communities, which, despite its imperfections, successfully competed with George Hudson's York & Scarborough Railway. It tells how its attractions were enjoyed by visitors from York and Leeds; it describes the motor-boating era of the early 1930s, and the valiant but ultimately unsuccessful efforts to reopen all the river's derelict locks. It also looks at nature and wild-life issues, and the equation of 'conservation' with 'neglect', which ultimately contributed to the severity of the disastrous floods in March 1999. The book is to A5 format, it consists of 144 pages on art paper throughout, with 98 photographs and plans, and a full colour laminated card cover with a square spine.

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