The Anatomy of Canals: Decline & Renewal

# Read # The Anatomy of Canals: Decline & Renewal by Anthony Burton, Derek Pratt ↠ eBook or Kindle ePUB. The Anatomy of Canals: Decline & Renewal Cities such as Birmingham have now been won over and have made the old canals part of a lively rejuvenation program, while a new generation of engineers has produced such marvels as the Falkirk Wheel.. Then came a new industry—the canal leisure industry, and with it the birth of the restoration movement. This final volume in the Anatomy of Canals series looks at what has been achieved and how the new compares with the old. Competition from rail and later road forced many canals into closur

Author	:	Anthony Burton, Derek Pratt
Rating	:	4.14 (604 Votes)
Asin	:	0752428101
Format Type	:	paperback
Number of Pages	:	176 Pages
Publish Date	:	2016-04-12
Language	:	English

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Cities such as Birmingham have now been won over and have made the old canals part of a lively rejuvenation program, while a new generation of engineers has produced such marvels as the Falkirk Wheel.. Then came a new industry—the canal leisure industry, and with it the birth of the restoration movement. This final volume in the Anatomy of Canals series looks at what has been achieved and how the new compares with the old. Competition from rail and later road forced many canals into closure, and a large section of the old system seemed doomed to crumble away into terminal decay