The Kennet & Avon Canal : an illustrated history / by Kenneth R. Clew ; foreword by Charles Hadfield.

Main entry:

Clew, Kenneth R.

Title & Author:

The Kennet & Avon Canal : an illustrated history / by Kenneth R. Clew ; foreword by Charles Hadfield.

Edition:

3rd rev. ed.

Publication:

Newton Abbot ; North Pomfret, VT : David & Charles, 1985.

Description:

224 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-218) and index.
The Avon navigation, 1712-96 -- The Kennet navigation, 1715-1812 -- The Western Canal, 1788-94 -- Construction and completion, 1794-1810 -- The Bath & Bristol canal, 1795-1814 -- The prosperous years, 1810-52 -- The Avon & Gloucestershire railway, 1827-1906 -- Under new management, 1852-99 -- The end of an era, 1899-1947 -- Parliament intervenes, 1948-62 -- Future undetermined, 1963-69 -- The great breakthrough, 1970-84.

ISBN:

0715386565
9780715386569

Subject:

Kennet and Avon Canal (England)
England Kennet and Avon Canal
Southern England Canals: Kennet and Avon Canal, to 1984

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 22625
Call No.: ID:87-B954
Status: Available

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