Canal 250: The Story of Britain's Canals - Rilegato

Burton, Anthony

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ISBN 10: 075245952X ISBN 13: 9780752459523

Casa editrice: History Pr Ltd, 2011

Riassunto

When a young English nobleman was thwarted in love, he abandoned the court, retired to his estate near Manchester, and built a canal to serve his coalmines. The Bridgewater Canal was the sensation of the age and led others to follow the example of the enterprising Duke of Bridgewater. Over the next half century Britain was covered by a network of waterways that became the lifeblood of the Industrial Revolution. This is the story of those canals and of the people who made and used them. It tells of the great engineers, such as Telford, Brindley and Jessop and of the industrialists, such as Wedgwood and Arkwright who promoted the canals they built. It also tells the story of the anonymous navvies who dug the canals, the men and women who ran the boats, and the workers who kept the canals running. It covers the years of decline caused by competition first from rail then road transport and the renewal of the canals as leisure routes.

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L'autore

Anthony Burton is a full-time writer with over 70 books to his name; his first canal book was The Canal Builders (1972), now in its 4th edition. Others include The Great Days of the Canal, the series Anatomy of Canals and a biography of Thomas Telford. He has worked extensively in television as a writer and presenter and recently as an expert, appearing in a number of programmes including Big, Bigger, Biggest for Channel 5, Thomas Telford for BBC Scotland and a shortly to be shown episode of Coast. He has been Historic Adviser for a number of series for Discovery.

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• Editore: History Pr Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 075245952X
• ISBN 13: 9780752459523
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 192