Tales from the Old Inland Waterways

Euan Corrie (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

1998
David & Charles (Verlag)
978-0-7153-0542-3 (ISBN)

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A brief history of the development of Britain's river and canal navigation system provides a background for these reminiscences. A group of men and women recall their working years on the waterways. Also included are such associates of the canal trade as the dredgers, lock-keepers and blacksmiths.

George Trevithick of Keadby, Humberside - towage contractor and marine engineer; Harry and Sarah Bentley of Scholar Green, Cheshire - potteries boating; Tom Kelly of Runcorn, Cheshire - ship canal tug skipper; George Wood of Kingswinford, West Midlands - Staffs and Worcs Canal dredger driver; Violet Moulds of Thurmaston, Leicestershire - long-distance boating; Jack Strange of Ellesmere, Shropshire - blacksmith; Thomas Tyson of Ardrishaig, Argyll - carpenter and lock gate builder; Joe Safe of Birmingham - from oil boatman to lock keeper; Bill and Rose Whitlock with Laura Carter, Braunston, Northamptonshire - boating 'til the last; Bill Dean of Newport, Shropshire - canal inspector.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.3.1998
Verlagsort	Newton Abbot
Sprache	englisch
Maße	193 x 263 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-7153-0542-5 / 0715305425
ISBN-13	978-0-7153-0542-3 / 9780715305423
Zustand	Neuware