The Canal Builders: The Men Who Constructed Britain's Canals

by Anthony Burton

Book Overview

Canal Builders is a classic history book for anyone interested in the development of Britain's canal system. The book, which was first published in the 1970s, is now republished here in a new fifth edition. It takes the reader from the middle of the eighteenth century, to the start of the railway age in the early nineteenth century.

Anthony Burton has revised and improved the original text, using new material that he has found in archives since...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399014307
• ISBN13: 9781399014304
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"