Summer 2015 - Issue 38
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The Summer 2015 issue includes the following features. You can purchase this magazine from our online Shop.
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Famous Fleets
John Knill & Son
Alan Faulkner looks at a well-meaning but short-lived attempt to develop canal carrying
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Tracing Family History
Mercer Family
David Marks’ family proudly boasts over 150 years of continuous service to the waterways
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Working the Waterways
Stone Boating
Chris M. Jones looks at the carriage of granite for use on roads, mostly quarried in the Hartshill area around the Coventry Canal
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Historical Canal Maps
Sankey Surveys
Richard Dean explores the termini of the Sankey Navigation in St Helens
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![On the Plane featured image](/nb/issues/49/17/images/-000.jpg)
Traditional Techniques
On the Plane
Andy Tidy investigates the evolution of the inclined plane in Britain
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Picturing the Past
Ovaltine Boats
David Blagrove looks at photographs of A. Wander Ltd’s Ovaltine boats in 1947
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Picturing the Past
Narrowboat Medley
David Blagrove examines a varied selection of slides from the sixties
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Traditional Techniques
Water Management
James Hewitt recalls the use of paddle trunks and box trunks
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Picturing the Past
Marsworth
The last traffic out of British Waterways Marsworth depot were concrete piles
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