how do canals work Archives - ToursMaps.com ® https://toursmaps.com/tag/how-do-canals-work Tue, 20 Jun 2017 17:39:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 A Brief History of BRITAIN’S CANALS http://toursmaps.com/brief-history-britains-canals.html http://toursmaps.com/brief-history-britains-canals.html#respond Tue, 20 Jun 2017 17:37:02 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=241891 Walking along a sunny towpath, it is easy to forget that the rise of Britain’s vast canal network was nothing to do with leisure, but has its roots in heavy industry. It takes us to an age of hardship when trains and modern highways were not even a pipe dream. The transportation of goods and materials across the nation demanded a better solution than the muddy, rutted roads in existence. To industrial tycoons, man-made waterways made perfect sense. They allowed greater loads to be carried in a smoother, more reliable manner. Perhaps not surprisingly, the potteries of the Midlands were

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