A standard reference work in its day, this 1831 account provides alphabetical entries relating to British waterways and railways.

Excerpt from Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways of Great Britain, as a Reference to Nichols, Priestley and Walker's New Map of Inland Navigation: Derived From Original and Parliamentary Documents That the ancient inhabitants of every part of the globe, where withhistoryhas made us acquainted, were alive inagreateror leadegreetothebenefits resulting from the adoptionofinland navigation, is a fact that may without difficulty be substantiated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Andy Wood explores the history of the lost canals of Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

A resurgence in canal restoration has seen many English canals reopen in the past three decades, but many are still abandoned, some even vanished under roads, railways and buildings.