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In the early 19th century, the colliery at Brereton nearby was connected by rail to a wharf, which enabled coal to be transported along the Trent and Mersey canal.

The bridge in our picture was erected when the river was diverted to form part of the Ship Canal in 1894.

Our photographer is standing on the bridge over the lock which separates the dock from the Lancaster Canal basin.

The Anderton Boat Lift linked the Trent & Mersey Canal with the River Weaver. Narrow boats entered a caisson along the trough to the left and were lowered down to the river.

The Bridgewater Canal flows through the pretty town of Lymm in Cheshire. An empty pair of boats head towards Manchester, probably to collect coal.

Today Hythe stages a popular summer Venetian Festival to celebrate its famous canal, which remains an ideal place for a punt and a day on the water.

This delightful stretch of towpath, with its lines of quaint cottages and period houses, is where the Kennet & Avon Canal enters Newbury on its way to meet the Thames at Reading.

The ghost of a middle-aged lady is said to haunt the inn, and several witnesses have smelt the candle she holds.

An important medieval town, it declined until the early 19th century when the Horncastle Navigation Canal opened, giving access to Lincoln and Boston.

Running close by is the Shropshire Union Canal, engineered by Thomas Telford and constructed between 1827 and 1835, linking Birmingham to the Mersey.

In the first year of operation, goods weighing 76,000 tons were carried on the canal. Salt is still mined here from huge underground caves.

The Anderton Boat Lift linked the Trent & Mersey Canal (above) with the river Weaver below. Narrow boats entered a caisson along the trough to the left and were lowered down to the river.

There are two mill streams, one known as the Barton River, from which water is provided for the Itchen Navigation Canal, and this branch, which follows the Fair Oak Road with Montague Terrace on the right

Work on the canal at Gnosall began in 1830. One of the main problems facing the engineers was that they would have to bore a 690yd tunnel at Cowley.

Work on the canal at Gnosall began in 1830. One of the main problems facing the engineers was that they would have to bore a 690yd tunnel at Cowley.

This view looks towards one of the entrances to the series of underground canals that extended to the Duke's pits at Walkden.

Horses grazing peacefully in a paddock act as a reminder of that rural past, and the Stourbridge Canal and the Staffordshire countryside are just a stone's throw away.

The main A59 road from Liverpool to Preston runs through the centre of the village, and at the far end, rises over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

We are looking west from the canal towpath towards the town, with the church spire in the centre distance.

In 1793 the Basin at Heybridge was dug out to provide access from the Chelmer and Blackwater Canal to the sea via the sea lock.

The Bude Canal, in which these schooners are moored, was built in 1823 to carry sand inland to improve farmland, but it ended up carrying all manner of cargoes including coal from South Wales.

Popular regattas are held, and the Lancaster canal is nearby. Only just visible on the horizon is part of Lancaster University.

The village of Halsall is situated near to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The village once had its own grammar school; the building is now the choir vestry of St Cuthbert's.

These are one of five sets of locks used to even out the water level along the canal.