Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Historical Profile: Ashby Canal Geoff Pursglove looks at a wide-beam canal that was created for, but almost destroyed by, coal Famous Fleets: Greaves, Bull & Lakin Christopher M. Jones tells the story of the lime & cement carrying fleet based at Stockton Last Traffics: Last Boat North We reprint an article written by Michael Streat in 1970 about Blue Linea€ s final days as the boats returned from their last run to the a€ Jam a€ Olea€ Historical Canal Maps: Brindleya€ s 1769 view Richard Dean explores Brindleya€ s map of the emerging canal system Picturing The Past: Heather Bell at Tipton Keith Hodgkins takes a closer look a fascinating series of photographs of Daphne March at work in World War Two, now held by the Imperial War Museum Working on the Waterways: Tractor Towing David Blagrove looks at a towing technique that replaced horses in the London area
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