British Canals
by Edwin A. Pratt
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About this eBook
- Author
- Pratt, Edwin A., 1854-1922
- Title
- British Canals: Is their resuscitation practicable?
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HE: Social sciences: Transportation and communications
- Subject
- Inland navigation -- Great Britain
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 47435
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47435
- Release Date
- November 23, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.BRITISH CANALS — PREFACE — CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
- 2.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
- 3.CHAPTER II EARLY DAYS
- 4.CHAPTER III RAILWAYS TO THE RESCUE
- 5.CHAPTER IV RAILWAY-CONTROLLED CANALS
- 6.CHAPTER V THE BIRMINGHAM CANAL AND ITS STORY
- 7.CHAPTER VI THE TRANSITION IN TRADE
- 8.CHAPTER VII CONTINENTAL CONDITIONS
- 9.CHAPTER VIII WATERWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES
- 10.CHAPTER IX ENGLISH CONDITIONS
- 11.CHAPTER X CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- 12.APPENDIX THE DECLINE IN FREIGHT TRAFFIC ON THE MISSISSIPPI — FOOTNOTES — INDEX — TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
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