Summer 2015 - Issue 38

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The Summer 2015 issue includes the following features.

Famous Fleets

John Knill & Son

Alan Faulkner looks at a well-meaning but short-lived attempt to develop canal carrying

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Tracing Family History

Mercer Family

David Marks’ family proudly boasts over 150 years of continuous service to the waterways

You can view an excerpt here.

Working the Waterways

Stone Boating

Chris M. Jones looks at the carriage of granite for use on roads, mostly quarried in the Hartshill area around the Coventry Canal

You can view an excerpt here.

Historical Canal Maps

Sankey Surveys

Richard Dean explores the termini of the Sankey Navigation in St Helens

You can view an excerpt here.

Traditional Techniques

On the Plane

Andy Tidy investigates the evolution of the inclined plane in Britain

You can view an excerpt here.

Picturing the Past

Ovaltine Boats

David Blagrove looks at photographs of A. Wander Ltd’s Ovaltine boats in 1947

You can view an excerpt here.

Picturing the Past

Narrowboat Medley

David Blagrove examines a varied selection of slides from the sixties

You can view an excerpt here.

Traditional Techniques

Water Management

James Hewitt recalls the use of paddle trunks and box trunks

You can view an excerpt here.

Picturing the Past

Marsworth

The last traffic out of British Waterways Marsworth depot were concrete piles

You can view an excerpt here.