BRITISH CANALS

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS

I. INTRODUCTORY

II. EARLY DAYS

III. RAILWAYS TO THE RESCUE

IV. RAILWAY-CONTROLLED CANALS

V. THE BIRMINGHAM CANAL AND ITS STORY

VI. THE TRANSITION IN TRADE

VII. CONTINENTAL CONDITIONS

VIII. WATERWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES

IX. ENGLISH CONDITIONS

X. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

APPENDIX THE DECLINE IN FREIGHT TRAFFIC ON THE MISSISSIPPI

FOOTNOTES

INDEX

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