A01=Nick Corble
Author_Nick Corble
canals
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engineering
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james brindley
the first canal builder
the industrial revolution
the schemer
Product details
- ISBN 9780752432595
- Weight: 430g
- Dimensions: 172 x 248mm
- Publication Date: 01 May 2005
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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It can be said of few men that without them the course of their nation's history would have been very different, yet through the force of his ideas and sheer bloody-mindedness, James Brindley, the first great canal builder, provided the spark that ignited the Industrial Revolution, united the nation and set Britain on course to become the world's first superpower. Born into poverty and barely literate, Brindley had a vision for the country that defied both established society and the natural order, dividing mid-eighteenth-century scientific and political opinion. Crowds flocked to marvel at this new canals and the engineering feats that accompanied them, with Brindley's inventiveness earning him the nickname 'The Schemer'.
NICK CORBLE has written a number of books, including Britain’s Canals: A Handbook and James Brindley: The First Canal Builder, and is editor of the Tempus Towpath Guide series. He lives in Buckinghamshire.
