The Kennet and Avon Navigation: A History - Warren Berry

The Kennet and Avon Navigation: A History

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Buch | Softcover
2016
Phillimore & Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-6701-3 (ISBN)
22,40 inkl. MwSt
This chronological and thematic narrative assesses the financial, technical and political difficulties that had to be overcome before the Kennet and Avon river navigations were linked.
The Kennet and Avon navigation was built to link Bristol and Bath with London, via Reading and the river Thames. The canal section took some 16 years to construct and was finally completed in 1810, although piecemeal trading was already taking place on completed parts long before that date. It was considered a major feat of Georgian engineering, incorporating many attractive stone and iron bridges, a 500-yard brick-lined tunnel, purpose built pumping stations incorporating both steam- and water-powered pumps, and two magnificent aqueducts that carried the canal over the Avon valley. But the most spectacular structure on the navigation was the 16-lock flight that climbs straight up the side of Caen Hill, and makes a striking visual impression.

This chronological and thematic narrative assesses the financial, technical and political difficulties that had to be overcome before the two river navigations were linked. This important waterway enabled extensive trade activity across southern England. Later chapters show and an overview is given of what it was like to live and work on the navigation; why the Kennet and Avon eventually declined as a trading concern; how it was saved from total closure and eventually restored. It has become the biggest success story of canal restoration in recent times. Inland waterways and their associated heritage are fashionable subjects, and this well-written, widely researched, and fully illustrated history for general readers and enthusiasts alike is to be welcomed.

Warren Berry obtained a Master's degree in Naval History from Exeter University. In 2004 he became the Curator of the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust Museum in Devizes, Wiltshire. He contributes regular historical and other articles to the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust journal, a quality publication that has won the prestigious Inland Waterways Association Canal Magazine of the Year Award.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 3.3.2016
Zusatzinfo 160 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort Stroud
Sprache englisch
Maße 172 x 248 mm
Gewicht 540 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik Regional- / Landesgeschichte
Natur / Technik Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe Schiffe
ISBN-10 0-7509-6701-3 / 0750967013
ISBN-13 978-0-7509-6701-3 / 9780750967013
Zustand Neuware
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