Spring 2016 - Issue 41
The Spring 2016 issue includes the following features. You can purchase this magazine from our online Shop.
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Front Cover: The British Portland Cement Manufacturers' motor Otter was built by W. H. Walker & Brothers at Rickmansworth in June 1916, and is shown here taking a sharp right turn on a bright winter's day. Otter's colour scheme is based on an interpretation of old photos.
Famous Fleets
T.W. Toovey Ltd
Alan Faulkner looks at a small fleet of wide boats owned by a Kings Langley milling family.
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Time and Place
Stone Boating at Trevor
Chris M. Jones studies a late 19th-century limestone carrying scene on the Llangollen Canal.
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Working the Waterways
Boat Inspections
Chris M. Jones looks at a newly discovered document revealing the traffic and traders on the lower Grand Junction Canal during the early 20th century.
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Tracing Family History
Ancestors Discovered
Lorna York describes how a recently unearthed document has led to a greater understanding of her boating family history.
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Unearthing History
The Water Transport Company Ltd
Stephen Rowson details a short-lived, late 19th century enterprise intended to improve cargo-carrying between Cardiff and Birmingham.
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Traditional Techniques
Keeping the Water in
James Hewitt recalls the processes of locating and stopping canal leaks.
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Working the Waterways
Sunday School Outings
With a particular focus on the Coventry Canal, Christopher R. Jones explores the pleasure cruises run by canal carriers in the first half of the 20th century.
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Time and Place
Timber to Reading
Chris M. Jones examines rare, detailed photographs showing barge traffic on the River Kennet in the late 19th century.
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From the Archives
IWA's Navigation
Joseph Boughey looks at how the beginnings of the waterway restoration movement are documented in early IWA newsletters.
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Canals That Never Were
Herefordshire Hopes
Richard Dean looks at the western end of the unfinished Leominster Canal.
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