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In the one hundred years following the building of the Peak Forest Canal in 1801 the population of Romiley tripled.

The bridge boosted the local economy by enabling coal from the Forest of Dean to be transported across to Sharpness, from where it was shipped inland up the canal to Gloucester and the Midlands

It was 1790 before the construction of the Oxford Canal, with a wharf at Brinklow, brought real prosperity. Brinklow is town- sized today, but it is basically a commuter village.

The Talbot Arms pub on the right hand side of the photograph has now been renamed the Tunnel Top because there is an air vent nearby for the canal tunnel that runs under the present-

There were once thirteen cotton mills here, and the town was linked by both canal and rail to other industrial centres all around.

Once a canal feeder, Chasewater was developed for recreational purposes in the late 1950s offering sailing and boating.

Here, from the Brecknock & Abergavenny Canal of 1812, Abergavenny can be seen in the distance.

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

The left-hand one – the 'Stafford' – sports its Fellows, Morton & Clayton livery, a company that stopped trading when the canals were nationalised in 1948.

The Basingstoke canal of 1794 linked the Wey and Godalming Navigation (the River Wey) with Basingstoke.

John Smeaton and Thomas Telford were among the 18th-century engineers who designed this essential section of the Lea Navigation Canal and River Lea, which allowed hundred-ton ships to reach Hertford

It takes its name from the deep cutting which was made through the hills for the Basingstoke Canal in 1791-92.

New Canal commemorates one of the many open waterways which ran through the medieval streets until the 19th century. The largest of the waterways was known as Town Ditch and was filled in 1875.

New Canal commemorates one of the many open waterways which ran through the medieval streets until the 19th century. The largest of the waterways was known as Town Ditch and was filled in 1875.

Once a canal feeder, Chasewater was developed for recreational purposes in the late 1950s offering sailing and boating.

Thorne was an important inland port linking the South Yorkshire coalfield and the River Don with the Aire and Calder Navigation and the River Humber via the Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

These were built wider than normal canal locks in order to take wherries, which were broader in the beam than ordinary barges.

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

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

According to some sources, they also helped to construct the nearby Basingstoke Canal. Odiham churchyard contains the graves of several French prisoners.

The old Turf Lock Inn stands near the lock gates where the Exeter Canal - probably the oldest in England - meets the Exe estuary.

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.

The Leeds/Liverpool Canal and the railway both increased access to new markets across the Pennines and down to the south.

A feast and fairground also took place between here and the canal side.