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At the height of the canal era, the Wharf was a bustling depot where up to ten large barges could load and unload.

In this view the pub, the river, and both bridges can all be seen. Note the pole sign for the pub standing in the river.

Broad-canopied trees cast reflections in the waters of the ornamental Dutch canal leading towards the building. In 1946 the garden house was converted into holiday accommodation.

Industry in the village included candle making and paper production. The mill chimney is prominent in this picture, together with the school, the Victorian church and the Wesleyan chapel.

At the bottom of Wells Hill we can see the railway station, which came with the Bath and Bristol line in 1874, succeeding a canal and tramway for carrying coal.

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

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

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

The traffic is now diverted down Silver Street (left), and the street lights have been replaced by the modern Richardson Candles.

A craft heads southwards towards Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal.

This institution, originally founded in 1867 as an asylum for pauper lunatics, lies to the north of the Basingstoke Canal and the main railway line.

Below them meanders the River Frome, with canal and railway line running in parallel, flanked by foundries and business parks.

The Rochdale Canal, seen here in the foreground, runs through the valley, and brought jobs and prosperity to the town. The spire of the parish church watches over the town school in the background.

This is a typical Oxford Canal drawbridge. You may be surprised to learn that they are quite easy to operate, for they are very well-balanced.

This pleasant village on the Trent & Mersey Canal was a popular stop-off point for old boatmen: the pubs in the village were the main attraction. The church is mainly 13th- and 14th-century.

In the Stourport basin, in dry dock by the big wharf, boats can be refurbished; the basin, reached by the canal through locks, was built to accommodate and service longboats with a full

With so many canals recently restored for leisure purposes, this is a scene that is still very familiar to fishermen, walkers and boat people all over the country.

The Sheffield & South Yorkshire was established in 1895, and was created from a grouping of several much older waterways, including the Stainforth & Keady and the Sheffield canals.

These locks are so close together that in order to maintain a satisfactory supply of water, it was necessary to extend the canal at the left-hand side above each chamber.

This is where the (un-navigable) river Witham and the Roman-built Fossdyke Canal joined.

The Sheffield & South Yorkshire was established in 1895, and was created from a grouping of several much older waterways, including the Stainforth & Keady and the Sheffield canals.

To the right was a canal and railway siding, where barges were loaded with lime and bricks for the local and London markets.

Another view of the Manchester Ship Canal, in this case beside the Old Quay.

There has been a hostelry on this site for many centuries, but this version was originally built to cater for the navigators who built the Grand Union Canal.