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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.

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.

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.

The Severn is no longer a major route for commercial traffic, but it does link up with some significant Midland canals.

Once a thriving port, Bewdley paid the price for turning away the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Co, who wanted to connect with the Severn here.

At 127 miles, this is the longest canal in Britain, and creates a vital trans-Pennine crossing between the mill towns of Yorkshire and the seaports of the Mersey.

The construction of the Manchester Ship Canal resulted in access to Runcorn Docks having to be made by way of locks opposite the town's waterfront, or through the Eastham Locks.

This public house at Stratton St Margaret owes its existence to the Wilts and Berks Canal which ran nearby.

James Brindley created this successful canal in 1772. It was a vital part of the Grand Cross network that linked the rivers Trent, Severn, Thames and Mersey.

The Aire and Calder Navigation Company was formed near here in 1698, and canals opened in 1775 and 1826.

The town of Runcorn is behind the bridge; the retaining wall of the Manchester Ship Canal can be seen along the edge of the River Mersey.

The organ tuner's candle fell down inside the mechanism while he was tuning the organ!

like Edward Ridsdale operated waggons throughout Yorkshire and offered a freight forwarding service to anywhere within the UK, and Pearson & Co operated a comprehensive packet service on the Barnsley Canal

At the east end of the Market Place is Bray's showroom, for the household furniture that was manufactured in their works in Agenoria Street near the canal.

The craftsmen were paid, according to some, the sum of 4s a day; much of the building material was transported along the Basingstoke Canal.

It was first developed in 1840 by Joseph Treffry, who had interests in copper mines, granite quarries, china clay works and a canal and tramway to Luxulyan.

The Grand Union Canal emerges from the Braunston Tunnel east of Braunston village and descends past the village on a flight of six locks. This view looks west along the High Street.

The older part of town is surrounded on all sides by water - the River Aire and two canals. Rope making was a flourishing industry both for the marine and agricultural markets.

The historic Wharf, in regular use in the days when the Kennet & Avon Canal was a vital waterway, was home to Newbury's buses when this photograph was taken.