Priestley's Navigable Rivers and Canals. A reprint of the Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals and Railways Throughout Great Britain; with a new introduction by Charles Hadfield

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Author(s) Priestley, Joseph
Publication type Monograph
Year published 1969
Pages 3rd ed; 712pp
Publisher David & Charles
Place Published Newton Abbot

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Business profiles & biographies

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First published 1831; reprinted 1967 with introduction by William H Chaloner. Provides 350 profiles, including toll structures, mostly of canals and river navigations but also of a few railways. Written by the chief clerk of the Aire & Calder Navigation Co and intended 'as a working tool for all who were engaged in the canal or early railway business as company officials, carriers, traders or investors'