Stroudwater Navigation Through Time
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A01=Michael Handford
Art Architecture & Photography
Author_Michael Handford
Canals
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=NL-WG
Category=WGG
Conservation
COP=United Kingdom
Cultural History
Earth Sciences & Geography
Environment & Ecology
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Format=BC
HMM=234
IMPN=Amberley Publishing
ISBN13=9781848688421
Language_English
Local & Urban History
Nature
PA=Available
PD=20130915
Photography
POP=Chalford
Price=€10 to €20
PS=Active
PUB=Amberley Publishing
Still Lifes & Landscapes
Subject=Transport: General Interest
WG=309
WMM=165
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- ISBN 9781848688421
- Weight: 309g
- Dimensions: 165 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Sep 2013
- Publisher: Amberley Publishing
- Publication City/Country: Chalford, GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Built between 1775 and 1779, the Stroudwater Navigation stretched from Framilode to Wallbridge in Stroud where it later connected with the Thames & Severn Canal to form a link between the River Severn and the River Thames. When completed the canal was eight miles long with twelve locks to take Severn trows, but by the beginning of the Second World War it had fallen into disuse and was virtually derelict. The canal was finally abandoned in 1954. Rescued from dereliction the landscape of the canal is constantly changing, with new bridges, repaired locks and many sections now containing water. The Cotswold Canal Trust intends restoring the canal so that vessels may once again proceed as far as Brimscombe. Michael Handford presents a fascinating snapshot of the on-going restoration work, contrasting the old images of the canal with many new photographs.
Michael Handford is a founder member of the Cotswold Canals Trust and has been actively involved in restoration efforts since the 1970s. He is a director of the Company of Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation.
