Canals of South West England

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First published 1967. Authoritative account of canals and their development in south west England, 18th century to 1950s, with a focus on individual canals. Also much on canal carrying; distribution of commodities such as coal, limestone, timber, sea-sand, etc; and private tramroads built to link mines, quarries, etc, to the canals. Touches on James Green, engineer. Has chapters: 'The south western waterways'; 'The Exeter Canal'; 'The Tone and the Bristol and Taunton'; 'English and Bristol Channel schemes'; 'The Bridgwater & Taunton Canal'; 'The Chard Canal'; 'Other Somerset waterways'; 'The Grand Western Canal'; 'Other canals of Devon'; 'The Bude Canal'; 'Other canals of Cornwall'. An appendix is 'Summary of facts about the canals and navigations of the South West'