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The town's first inhabitants were men who worked for 11 years in the 18th century constructing the Trent & Mersey Canal's nearby Harecastle tunnel.

Final improvements on the Exeter Canal, completed in 1832, allowed larger vessels, such as the 'Hans Emil' pictured here, to reach the Port. Note the bonded warehouse to the left of centre.

This was just one lock in the long climb from the west edge of London up the Chilterns: 25 miles and 42 locks on the Grand Junction Canal (later to become part of the Grand Union), the original main transport

By the time this photograph was taken, commercial carrying in narrowboats was almost at an end; it was kept going in many cases by early canal enthusiasts, for whom working long anti-social hours in all

From there, the Kennet & Avon Canal plunges down the extraordinary flight of 29 locks at Caen Hill to the valley below.

been at the centre of various speculative transport schemes: there was once talk of an Islington-Wallasea railway passing this way, as well as plans to link the village to Purfleet and Battlesbridge by canal

As the volume of Warrington's road traffic increased, the constant stream of vessels on the canal brought unwelcome disruption to the local road network.

Beyond, Latchford Viaduct takes the railway high over the canal. A long slope is needed for trains to gain the necessary height.

The canal turns to the north-east before reaching Broad Oak Bridge.

This photograph and photograph number L211057 illustrate the fundamental change in use for Britain's canal system during the 1950s and 60s.

The Frome Valley, dotted with mills and with the Thames and Severn Canal running through it, has long been a centre of industry. Chalford itself stands on the steep north bank.

Fleet is only 40 miles from London, and is located next to Aldershot and Farnborough; the Basingstoke Canal runs across the town. Today the population stands at 26,000.

When this picture was taken, the canal had only recently undergone a restoration programme. Of the two pubs shown here, The New Red Lion (centre) survives.

The village's assets attract visitors and shoppers, whilst the River Soar brings in canal cruisers. Of its sizeable population, many commute to surrounding East Midland towns.

A ditch ran alongside the building until the 1850s, intended to link Southampton with the Andover Canal and the River Test.

The Shropshire Union Canal was owned by a railway, the LMS, and was formed in 1864. It runs between Wolverhampton and Ellesmere Port.

This is the Staffs and Worcester Canal. St Mary and All Saints church looks delightful, and is built from local red sandstone.

Sited beside the main north road, the pub has always been a busy place, with the canal and, later, the railway also bringing their trade. The former nearby station took the name of Roebuck.

Other sections soon followed, with the Lancaster bypass opening in 1960 and the Thelwall Viaduct, which takes the road high above the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, being completed in

The river Torridge is to the left, and the straight line just to the right of it is the old course of the Rolle (or Great Torrington) canal.

Many of its buildings are influenced by 17th-century Dutch architecture, including the bridge, which was passed under by many boatmen using the canal.

Nearby is the Lancaster canal, a cut dug out by navvies (the term comes from navigator) in 1797. A poster (right) advertises a farm auction sale.

At the end of Mill Lane, across the course of the old Somerset Coal Canal (1794-1898) and past a small 17th-century stone lock-up, is the former water mill.

A delivery vehicle waits outside Henry Milling & Co's shop in this view from Lymm Cross towards the Bridgewater Canal.