Autumn 2013 - Issue 31
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The Autumn 2013 issue includes the following features.
Famous Fleets
Severn & Canal
Hugh Conway-Jones pays tribute to the chocolate magnate’s championing of waterway transport, using newly digitised images from the Railway & Canal Historical Society’s archive
You can view an excerpt here.
Working the Waterways
The Birmingham Canal Boat Registers
Illustrated by photographs of Birmingham-registered boats, Chris M. Jones discovers how George Smith’s Canal Boats Act of 1877 was implemented
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Profiles
The Great Ouse
Alan Faulkner explores the history of this navigation and its involvement in the drainage of the Fens
You can view an excerpt here.
Canals That Never Were
London & Cambridge Junction Canal
Richard Dean looks at schemes over many years to join the rivers Stort and Cam
You can view an excerpt here.
Last Traffic
The Lime Juice Run
David Blagrove looks through photographs of one of the very last regular narrowboat traffics
You can view an excerpt here.
Famous Fleets
Barlow's Joeys
Christopher M. Jones and Christopher R. Jones look at an important but often neglected type of narrowboat operation
You can view an excerpt here.
Traditional Techniques
Lifting Heavy Loads
Euan Corrie looks at how heavy weights were lifted in the days before mechanical handling
You can view an excerpt here.
From the Archives
Archives Pick & Choose
Joseph Boughey discovers a ‘secret’ report in the National Archives that would have had devastating effects on our waterways if implemented
You can view an excerpt here.
