Winter 2024 - Issue 76
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Front Cover: Samuel Barlow (Tamworth) Ltd motor boat Kent (built in September 1942 entering service late in October) is shown here on a snowy winter’s day emerging from the relative shelter of a tunnel.
The Winter 2024 issue includes the following features.
Working the Waterways
Insights into a Black Country legend
Andy Tidy explores documents relating to late Birmingham boat-operator, Caggy Stevens
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Profiles
The Rattlechain Brickworks Breach
Phil Clayton examines the contested causes and aftermath of a breach at Dudley Port in 1899
You can view an excerpt here.
A Place in History
East of Etruria
Andy Tidy details the history of the Caldon and Uttoxeter canals
You can view an excerpt here.
From the Archives
Tom Rolt Files
Joseph Boughey shares some insights into L.T.C. Rolt’s private papers
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Rainbow Bridge
Chris M. Jones looks at two views of the same location, showing traffic on the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation
You can view an excerpt here.
Time and Place
Carrying on the Coventry
Chris M. Jones views several images of boats working on the Coventry Canal
You can view an excerpt here.
Last Traffic
Latter days on the L & L
A selection of colour images from the Jack Parkinson Collection capture the last regular coal traffic on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal
You can view an excerpt here.
Time and Place
Derby's Deadly Canal Lock
Bobby Cowling explores the history of a particularly hazardous part of the lost Derby Canal
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
On the Giants' Seat
Chris M. Jones looks into the history of a little-known carrier from Manchester
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Canal Maps
Somersetshire Coal Canal
Richard Dean examines an early plan of this long-lost waterway
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Profiles
Early Barlow Boats
Chris M. Jones looks at a series of images showing some of the first Barlow boats
This is our free-access sample article from the Winter 2024 NarrowBoat
You can view an excerpt here.
