a history of the canal carriers
A01=Robert Davies
Author_Robert Davies
boat people
Category=WGG
commercial canal carrying
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horse power
ice boats
inland waterways
transport technology
Product details
- ISBN 9780752439105
- Weight: 300g
- Dimensions: 165 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jul 2006
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Compiles interviews with boat people and the people who worked the inland waterways during the final decades of commercial canal carrying. This book spans the 1930s-'60s, a time when transport technology saw changes, and looks issues such as the operating of ice boats and the use of horse power as well as the experiences of the people themselves.
Robert Davies has had a lifelong interest in canals. He has also written Boats, Smoke, Steam and Folk for Tempus. He lives in West Bromwich.
