Stroudwater Navigation Through Time

Name: Stroudwater Navigation Through Time
Brand: Amberley Publishing
SKU: 9781848688421
Price: 2900 KES
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ISBN: 9781848688421

by Michael Handford

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Through Time

ISBN-10 1848688423

ISBN-13 9781848688421

Publisher Amberley Publishing

Imprint Amberley Publishing

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 15th, 2013

Print length 96 Pages

Weight 294 grams

Dimensions 16.40 x 23.20 x 0.90 cms

Product Classification: Gloucestershire Ships and boats: general interest Narrowboats & canals

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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Stroudwater Navigation has changed and developed over the last century.

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.

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