Description
| Product ID: | 9780752442679 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Bridgwater and Taunton Canal |
| Subtitle: | By Waterway to Taunton |
| Authors: | Author: Tony Haskell |
| Page Count: | 128 |
| Subjects: | Ships and boats: general interest, Narrowboats & canals, Somerset |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A history of the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal Looks at canal schemes, canal companies, boatmen and their work, the struggle to keep the canal navigable, canal versus railway, and post-war and restoration. This book also documents the River Tone, which provided the essential lifeline to Taunton for boatmen and their barges for over 200 years, before the canal and, later, the railways arrived. |
| Imprint Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2007-02-10 |
