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Author_Anthony Burton
Author_Derek Pratt
birmingham
canal restoratio
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decline and renewal
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falkirk wheel
rail
road. canal leisure industry
Product details
- ISBN 9780752428109
- Weight: 460g
- Dimensions: 172 x 248mm
- Publication Date: 01 Aug 2003
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Competition from rail and later road forced many canals into closure, and a large section of the old system seemed doomed to crumble away into terminal decay. Then came a new industry: the canal leisure industry, and with it the birth of the restoration movement. This final volume in the Anatomy of Canals series looks at what has been achieved and how the new compares with the old. Cities such as Brimingham have now been won over and have made the old canals part of a lively rejuvenation programme, while a new generation of engineers has produced such marvels as the Falkirk Wheel.
ANTHONY BURTON specialises in the history of technology and transport. His books include The Anatomy of Canals, The Iron Men, Miners, Navvies, and The Workers’ War. He has been involved in over 100 TV documentaries, half as writer/presenter and others as historical adviser, including The Past at Work for the BBC and appeared as a guest expert on Coast, Reel History and Big, Bigger, Biggest. More recently he has been Historical Adviser for six ten-part series for Discovery that have involved visiting industrial sites in both Europe and America. He lives in Stroud.
