Winter 2015 - Issue 40
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Front Cover: The W.J. Yarwood & Sons'-built motor boat Wye heads north on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal towards Blackburn on a cold winter's day. The craft was one of three built by the company in 1947 for Canal Transport Ltd, set up in 1930 to take over carrying on the waterway, and the subject of this issue's Famous Fleets feature.
The Winter 2015 issue includes the following features.
Famous Fleets
Canal Transport Ltd
Alan Faulkner looks at the company set up in 1930 to take over carrying on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Horse-boating in the 1920s
Chris M. Jones studies a series of photos showing horse-drawn craft at Stoke Bruerne and Blisworth Tunnel
You can view an excerpt here.
Traditional Techniques
Push Towing
Richard Courteney Lord documents an unusual way of singlehanding a pair of boats on the BCN
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Canal Maps
Cruising Cartography
Richard Dean looks at the maps available to early leisure users of the waterways
You can view an excerpt here.
Working the Waterways
Boating through Rickmansworth
Chris M. Jones studies photos of a British Waterways pair on the Grand Union in around 1960
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Trip to Nottingham
Euan Corrie examines a rare collection of pictures showing horsedrawn carrying on the Midlands waterways in 1919
You can view an excerpt here.
From the Archives
Newspapers Online
Joseph Boughey explores the digital resources available to waterway historians and uncovers some fascinating stories
You can view an excerpt here.
Working the Waterways
Coal from Baddesley
Photos by Christopher Lunnon showing Samuel Barlow boats at Baddesley Colliery Wharf in 1960
You can view an excerpt here.
Time and Place
Sailing on the Thames
Chris M. Jones examines narrowboats under sail in an 1840s painting
You can view an excerpt here.
A Broader Outlook
The Sabrinas
Tom Foxon looks at the state-of-the-art dumb barges introduced to the River Severn in 1944
You can view an excerpt here.
