Traditional Techniques
Canal Boats Under Sail
Chris M. Jones looks at the use of sail power by canal boats
Historical Profiles
Caldon Canal
Basil Jeuda reveals that the attractive rural canal that we know today was once a hive of industry and activity
Historical Profiles
The Life and Times of Josiah Clowes
Roger Butler provides the story of an influential but largely forgotten canal engineer
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Canals That Never Were
Reaching North
Richard Dean traces the route changes in Westmorland that eventually brought the Lancaster Canal to Kendal
Historical Profiles
Looking into the Distance
Chris M. Jones studies an 18th-century document containing several distance tables
Last Traffic
Town Gas on the Canals
Andy Tidy traces the demise of the town gas industry, one of the last bulk canal cargoes
