Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Famous Fleets: Sir John Knill Alan Faulkner looks at a well-meaning but short-lived attempt to develop canal carrying Tracing Family History: The Mercer Family David Marksa€ family proudly boasts over 150 years of continuous service to the waterways Traditional Techniques: Stone Boating Chris M. Jones looks at the carriage of granite for use on roads, mostly quarried in the Hartshill area around the Coventry Canal Historical Canal Maps: Sankey Surveys Richard Dean explores the termini of the Sankey Navigation in St Helens Traditional Techniques: On the Plane Andy Tidy investigates the evolution of the inclined plane in Britain Picturing the Past: Ovaltine Boats David Blagrove looks at photographs of A. Wander Ltda€ s Ovaltine boats in 1947 Picturing the Past: Narrowboat Medley David Blagrove examines a varied selection of slides from the sixties Traditional Techniques: Water Management James Hewitt recalls the use of paddle trunks and box trunks Picturing the Past: Marsworth The last traffic out of British Waterways Marsworth depot were concrete piles
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