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Basingstoke Canal

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The Basingstoke Canal was built towards the end of the 'great canal mania' in the eighteenth century. It was intended to provide a transport route to and from London via the Wey and the Thames, but the expectations of its promoters were never realised; no dividends were ever paid to the shareholders and in 1866 the Canal Company declared itself bankrupt.

After this the canal had numerous unsuccessful owners, including the New Basingstoke Canal Company, formed in 1947, which ran the canal for twenty years. However, by the late 1960s, the company was proposing to close the uneconomical navigation and sell ... Read more

The Basingstoke Canal has always enjoyed the affection of the local population and still provides a green corridor for the crowded towns of south-east England through which it now passes, as well as being a haven for wildlife.

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Product Details

Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752431031
SKU
V9780752431031
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10

About Dieter Jebens
Dieter Jebens, the principal author of this book, was a founding member of the Canal Society and edited The Basingstoke Canal: The Case for Restoration in 1969.

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