Summer 2009 - Issue 14
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The Summer 2009 issue includes the following features.
Historical Profiles
Caldon Canal
Basil Jeuda reveals that the attractive rural canal that we know today was once a hive of industry and activity
You can view an excerpt here.
Famous Fleets
Grand Union Canal Carrying Company
Alan Faulkner looks at the history of one of the best known carrying fleets, many of whose narrowboats survive today, whilst Chris Jones reveals the variation of liveries through 16 specially drawn cabin sides
You can view an excerpt here.
A Broader Outlook
The Father of Britain's Canals?
Mike Clarke questions the importance of the Duke of Bridgewater and Brindley, and nominates earlier engineers for their successful waterways at the very start of the Industrial Revolution
You can view an excerpt here.
Canals That Never Were
Grand Imperial Ship Canal
Richard Dean traces Nicholas Cundy’s ambitious 1827 plan for a London to Portsmouth Ship Canal
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Trent 5 at Tunstall: Staffordshire Chemical Co
Euan Corrie looks at a busy scene in Stoke on Trent
You can view an excerpt here.
Famous Fleets
Harvey-Taylor Follow-up
Since the publication of Alan Faulkner’s history of the ‘Famous Fleet’ of Harvey-Taylor of Aylesbury (NB Winter 2008) several more photographs have come to light
You can view an excerpt here.
