Canals of North West England

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Authoritative account of canal development in North East England, 18th century to 1960s, with a focus on individual canals. Also much about canal carrying and distribution of commodities such as coal, corn, limestone, salt, timber, cotton, etc. The two volumes are structured in three parts: 'Part 1 - to 1790' - 'The Old Quay and New Canal' / 'The Weaver and the Sankey' / 'The Douglas and the Leeds & Liverpool'; 'Part 2 - 1790-1845' - 'The Mersey & Irwell and the Bridgewater, 1790-1824' / 'The impact of the LMR' / 'Weaver salt and Sankey Canal' / 'The Leeds & Liverpool Canal' / 'The Lancaster Canal (and Ulverston Canal)' / 'The Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal' / 'The Rochdale Canal' / 'To Ashton and the Peak' / 'The Huddersfield Canal' / 'The Carlisle Canal'; 'Part 3 - 1845-1969' - 'The Bridgewater Undertaking'; 'The Weaver and St Helens' / 'The Leeds & Liverpool'; 'The Lancaster'; 'The Rochdale'; 'The remaining lines'. Has an appendix 'Summary of facts about the canals and navigations of the North West'