Bradshaws Canals and Navigable Rivers (Hardcover)

George Bradshaw

ISBN 10: 1908402148 / ISBN 13: 9781908402141

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2012

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Hardcover. A facsimile edition of Bradshaws Canals and Navigable Rivers of England and Wales.In the Victorian era, the name Bradshaw became synonymous with reliable information on travelling the nation's blossoming network of railways. Published in 1904, Canals and Navigable Rivers was the first guide to planning journeys on the inland waterways of England and Wales. Noting bridges, locks, distances and commercial use, it explores the routes, operation and history of the network, and gives commentary on the areas through which it passed. Compiled at a time when the railways had largely supplanted the waterways, it paints a fascinating portrait of the Edwardian canal system as it began to fall into gentle decay. This facsimile edition of the original book now offers a different perspective for canal boaters and walkers, and gives invaluable information about waterways now lost. Explores Great Britain's countryside and transport links. This title not only offers insights into the routes and uses of the canals themselves, but also commentary on rural features and social life in and around the canals that had had such an important industrial impact throughout the later Georgian and Victorian eras. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bradshaws Canals and Navigable Rivers (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908402148
• ISBN 13: 9781908402141
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In the Victorian era, the name Bradshaw became synonymous with reliable information on travelling the nation's blossoming network of railways. Published in 1904, Canals and Navigable Rivers was the first guide to planning journeys on the inland waterways of England and Wales. Noting bridges, locks, distances and commercial use, it explores the routes, operation and history of the network, and gives commentary on the areas through which it passed. Compiled at a time when the railways had largely supplanted the waterways, it paints a fascinating portrait of the Edwardian canal system as it began to fall into gentle decay. It now offers a different perspective for canal boaters and walkers, and gives invaluable information about waterways now lost.

About the Author

By Henry Rodolph de Salis