Canals of South and South East England

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An extended version of the earlier publication, 'Canals of Southern England', 1955. Authoritative account of canals and canal development in south and south eastern England, 18th century to 1940s, with a focus on individual canals. Also much on canal carrying; distribution of commodities such as coal, corn, limestone, etc; and private tramroads built to link mines, quarries, etc, to the canals. Chapters include: 1] Waterways of the South East': River Adur and Baybridge Canal / River Ouse (Sussex) / River Cuckmere / Eastern Rother and Brede / Royal Military Canal / Weald of Kent Canal project / River Stour (Kent) / Dartford & Crayford Navigation; 2] 'The River Medway'; 3] 'The Thames & Medway Canal'; 4] 'Round London' - Grand Surrey Canal / Surrey Iron Railway / Croydon Canal / Wimbledon & Wandsworth Canal project / Royal Clarence Ship Canal project; 5] 'The London - Portsmouth Line' - River Wey / River Arun / River Rother (Western) / the London - Portsmouth schemes of 1803 and 1810 / Wey & Arun Junction Canal / Portsmouth & Arundel Canal / The ship canal projects of 1823-28 / Langstone Docks & Ship Canal project; 6] 'The Basingstoke Canal'; 7] 'Hampshire Waterways' - River Itchen / River Avon (Hampshire) / Andover Canal / proposed links between the Basingstoke Canal and the Itchen or the Andover Canal / Salisbury & Southampton Canal / Schemes for canals from Bristol to Salisbury or the Andover Canal; 8] 'The River Thames and the canals'; 9] 'The Kennet & Avon Canal'; 10] 'The Somersetshire Coal Canal'; 11] 'The Wilts & Berks Canal'; 12] 'The Stroudwater Navigation'; 13] 'The Thames & Severn Canal'; 14] 'The Gloucester & Berkeley Canal'