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Canal Builders is a classic history book for anyone interested in the development of Britain s canal system. The book, which was first published in the 1970s, is now republished here in a new fifth edition. It takes the reader from the middle of the eighteenth century, to the start of the railway age in the early nineteenth century. Anthony Burton has revised and improved the original text, using new material that he has found in archives since it was first published, and has added many extra illustrations. This is the remarkable story of the many groups of people who were responsible for building Britain s canal system. There were industrialists such as Josiah Wedgwood, who promoted canals to help his own industry, and speculators, financed the projects in the hope of a good return. The work was planned by engineers, some of whom, such as James Brindley and Thomas Telford, have become famous, while others have remained virtually unknown but still did magnificent work. This is also the story of the great, anonymous army of men who actually did the work the navvies. This was the first book ever to study the lives of these labourers in detail. Altogether it is an epic story of how the transport route that made the industrial revolution possible was built. 'Well planned and well written ...There is no better introduction to the early canal age.' The Economist
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Anthony Burton deals at length with the birth of the canals two centuries ago - their planning, promoting, engineering and building. This new edition incorporates the results of his latest research, and includes a useful bibliography on the engineers and their work.
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Anthony Burton is an author and broadcaster who has written many reputable books on history, industrial history and transport history. He was born in 1934 and now lives in Stroud, Gloucestershire, with his wife.
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- PublisherM.& M.Baldwin
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0947712216
- ISBN 13 9780947712211
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number3
- Number of pages256
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