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Constructed by Telford and Jessop to link the rivers Severn, Dee and Mersey, the Llangollen Canal is one of the most popular waterways in the country.

The wooden bridge was built in 1827 to take the canal towpath over to millrace.

Swans and ducks live in the canal basin.

In the late 19th century, many workers from Holland were attracted to this land of canals and windmills as skilled peat workers.

The Anderton Boat Lift at Northwich was built in 1875, providing a link between the Weaver Navigation and the Trent & Mersey Canal.

upriver, above London Bridge, were the more modest colliers, whose simple barges, loaded by man-power, carried consignments on to Thameside towns, for shipment to the Midlands and the north through the canal

The Grand Union Canal was extended from Leicester to Market Harborough via the dramatic locks at Foxton in 1809.

Between the two world wars Jack Perrin, who lived in the nearby Hagg Cottages, used to sit by the entrance and sell half candles to people who wanted to go down the mine.

The 19th century brought many labourers to Cliffe, who worked on the Strood canal or the cement works. The Victorian Black Bull pub (centre) is now a renowned Thai restaurant.

The completion of Turf Lock in 1830 enabled vessels to enter the canal and proceed up to Exeter regardless of the state of the tide; the maximum dimensions possible were 122ft x 25ft x 10.5ft.

The Bridgewater Canal flows through the pretty town of Lymm in Cheshire. An empty pair of boats (the one in front is the 'Clio') head towards Manchester, probably to collect coal.

A Mersey schooner is heading for Spike Island and the St Helen's Canal just behind it. Our photograph was taken from the Transporter Bridge, which stood at the crossing point for over fifty years.

Though the official title of the docks was the Docks of the Manchester Ship Canal Company, they were mostly in Salford, with parts even in Stretford.

In 1810 the Severn & Wye Railway Company developed Lydney Harbour, constructing the canal, dock basin and lock gates we see in the photograph.

The Grantham-Nottingham Canal of 1793 runs through the parish, and a wharf once served the village.

The Grantham-Nottingham Canal of 1793 runs through the parish, and a wharf once served the village.

Corpach is where the Caledonian Canal joins with Loch Linnhe and the route to the sea. In the background, to the south-east, is Ben Nevis.

An expansive village, it sits on the River Devon, about a mile north of the Grantham Canal of 1797. This view looks south, away from the church.

Wealthy mill owners and industrialists found it handy to leave their boats in the shelter of the dock or the canal basin, and leisure became more and more a source of income for Glasson Dock.

At Tarleton Lock the river Douglas meets the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Harry Mayor was lock keeper here for forty-seven years.

The bridge was designed by William Cartwright, the canal's civil engineer, who was also an optician in Preston and an inventor of some note.

Being on the far side of the Lancaster Canal from the centre, the school was considered to be out in the country, and the air was good for the boys.

When the Manchester Ship Canal was built the area was drained, and has since been used for agricultural purposes. The post office, on the left here, is now a private house.

Bridgwater was an important port, with railway docks and the terminus of the Taunton and Bridgwater Canal.