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Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.

History

This is the main page for drawing together all the sources of historical information on the website. Some pages contain both current and historical information.

For the history of individual waterways and links to Waterways History pages see the Waterways list.

Waterways History Index A list of waterways for which there are some detailed entries, i.e. more than the brief details that are held on the main waterways pages.New for 2004.

Introducing Canal History A brief overview of the development of canals from Roman times.

Chronology Waterway Events in year order. What was happening in 1774, or any other year? Expanded and updated for 2004.

Index of Engineers and Surveyors Details of waterway engineers and surveyors and the rivers and canals they worked on. New for 2004.

Index of Other Waterway People Details of people other than engineers and surveyors who have been important to the history of the waterways. New for 2004.

Books on Waterway History can be found in various categories:-

• Building Canals covers the years when canals were being built.
• History - Regional covers history books on individual canals and waterways within an area or region.
• Working Canals covers the history of trade and other working life on the waterways.
• Reviving Canals the history of the revival of interest in waterways and the restoration movement.

Bantam Tugs All about these push-pull tugs built in the 1950s and 60s.

Boats has details of various types of boat ancient and modern.

Family History A page for those people trying to trace an ancestor with a waterways connection.

Canal Aqueducts A list of the major aqueducts on each waterway

Canal Tunnels A list of major canal tunnels in length order.

Lock Flights A list of lock flights in size order.

Seven Wonders of the Waterways Description and pictures of these seven engineerig achievements.

My Holidays on Inland Waterways The Web Version of this book by P Bonthron, with full text and photographs. First published in 1916.

A Journey down the Grantham Canal - 1881 This article was first published in June 2001 in Issue No 9 of Waterfront, a quarterly magazine about the Grantham Canal. My thanks to the author and the Grantham Canal Partnership for allowing its publication here.

Imperial Weights and Measures Definitions of imperial and other historic weights, measures and currency, which are intended to help explain some of the terms used in historic documents.

Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.