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Tracing Your Canal Ancestors: A Guide For Family Historians
Sue Wilkes
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Description for Tracing Your Canal Ancestors: A Guide For Family Historians
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: WGGN; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 494.
Britain's industrial revolution depended on canals for the cheap movement of materials and goods - until the coming of the railways. Canal companies struggled to compete and went into a long decline, but much of the canal network is still with us today, and interest in the history and heritage of canals - and those who worked on them - is strong. That is why Sue Wilkes's well researched and highly readable handbook on the subject is so valuable. She concentrates on the people who lived and worked on the waterways - the canal boatmen, their families and their way ... Read more
Britain's industrial revolution depended on canals for the cheap movement of materials and goods - until the coming of the railways. Canal companies struggled to compete and went into a long decline, but much of the canal network is still with us today, and interest in the history and heritage of canals - and those who worked on them - is strong. That is why Sue Wilkes's well researched and highly readable handbook on the subject is so valuable. She concentrates on the people who lived and worked on the waterways - the canal boatmen, their families and their way ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
494g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848842380
SKU
V9781848842380
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