The Canal Pioneers: Canal Construction from 2,500 BC to the Early 20th Century

by Anthony Burton

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473860490
• ISBN13: 9781473860490
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.