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The Kennet and Avon Navigation: A History
Warren Berry
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Description for The Kennet and Avon Navigation: A History
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 160 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; WGGN; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
The Kennet and Avon navigation was built to link Bristol and Bath with London, via Reading and the river Thames. The canal section took some 16 years to construct and was finally completed in 1810, although piecemeal trading was already taking place on completed parts long before that date. It was considered a major feat of Georgian engineering, incorporating many attractive stone and iron bridges, a 500-yard brick-lined tunnel, purpose built pumping stations incorporating both steam- and water-powered pumps, and two magnificent aqueducts that carried the canal over the Avon valley. But the most spectacular structure on the navigation was ... Read more
The Kennet and Avon navigation was built to link Bristol and Bath with London, via Reading and the river Thames. The canal section took some 16 years to construct and was finally completed in 1810, although piecemeal trading was already taking place on completed parts long before that date. It was considered a major feat of Georgian engineering, incorporating many attractive stone and iron bridges, a 500-yard brick-lined tunnel, purpose built pumping stations incorporating both steam- and water-powered pumps, and two magnificent aqueducts that carried the canal over the Avon valley. But the most spectacular structure on the navigation was ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750967013
SKU
V9780750967013
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Warren Berry
Warren Berry obtained a Master's degree in Naval History from Exeter University. In 2004 he became the Curator of the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust Museum in Devizes, Wiltshire. He contributes regular historical and other articles to the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust journal, a quality publication that has won the prestigious Inland Waterways Association Canal Magazine of the Year ... Read more
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