Winter 2017 - Issue 48
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Front Cover: The British Portland Cement Manufacturers' motor Otter was built by W. H. Walker & Brothers at Rickmansworth in June 1916, and is shown here taking a sharp right turn on a bright winter's day. Otter's colour scheme is based on an interpretation of old photos.
The Winter 2017 issue includes the following features.
Famous Fleets
Coles, Shadbolt & Co
Chris M. Jones studies the history of a British Portland Cement and its fleet of boats.
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Last Days of Fly-boating
Our study of traffic at Brentford reveals details of John Landon & Co’s express carrying service between Aylesbury and London.
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Summer at Oxford
Chris M. Jones reveals the stories behind the narrowboats shown in an early 1930s photograph.
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Canal Maps
The Dudley Canal in 1825
Richard Dean gleans information from an early survey of this West Midlands waterway.
You can view an excerpt here.
Working the Waterways
Patent Fuel Boats of the Glamorganshire Canal
Stephen Rowson examines the predominant, post-railway era traffic on this South Wales waterway.
You can view an excerpt here.
From the Archives
Canal Control Committee
Joseph Boughey unearths documents providing an insight into carrying during and immediately after World War I.
You can view an excerpt here.
Time and Place
Boating Round the Cape
Chris M. Jones examines a pre-WWI photo showing the carrying of house coal on the Warwick & Napton Canal.
You can view an excerpt here.
Last Traffic
The Mike Webb Collection
Publisher Peter Silvester provides a preview of a new book documenting the latter days of canal carrying in the 1960s.
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Unloading at Alexandra Docks
We study a busy boat scene at Hull from around 60 years ago.
You can view an excerpt here.
Working the Waterways
Grain Traffic on the Northern Shropshire Union Canal
Cath Turpin takes a close look at the grain-carrying boats that operated in and around Chester and Ellesmere Port.
You can view an excerpt here.
