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The Canal Pioneers

Hardcover • 2017 • 1. edition

The Canal Pioneers

By Anthony Burton

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About the book

This is the story of canals used for transport and the men who built them from the earliest times, up to the end of the nineteenth century. This is a very long history: stones for the pyramids of Egypt were brought to the site by canal and one of the most imposing canal systems ever built, the Grand Canal of China, was begun in the sixth century BC. Development after the end of the Roman Empire was slow, but saw the steady improvement of river navigations through locks - the mitre gates were act...Show more

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9781473860490

Publisher

Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Published year

2017

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1

Original title

The Canal Pioneers

Format

Hardcover

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