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A flight of LOCKS ...
The modern canal system was mainly a product of the 18th century and
early 19th century. It came into being because the Industrial Revolution
(which began in Britain during the mid-18th century) demanded an
economic and reliable way to transport goods and commodities in large
quantities. By the early 18th century, river navigations such as the
Aire and Calder Navigation were becoming quite sophisticated, with
pound locks and longer and longer "cuts" (some with intermediate locks)
to avoid circuitous or difficult stretches of river. Eventually, the experience
of building long multi-level cuts with their own locks gave rise to the idea
of building a "pure" canal, a waterway designed on the basis of where
goods needed to go, not where a river happened to be.
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Comment by Michael Grove on January 8, 2012 at 11:02
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In the context of the 14 years of rationing that the British People had to endure during and after the Second World War - over 11 million tons of food & other goods were transported every year via 4000 miles of canals and inland waterways - ALL hail to Leonardo da Vinci and his determination to bow to THE Power of Visual Thinking !
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Boom Time: Coal, canals and steam, an explosive combination.
Series 1 E01 - 2002 - Industrial Revelations - Mark WilliamsThose that subscribe to THE Curious Case of [BE]ing BRITISH
should go all out to preserve everything that brought about
the industrial revolution as it has proven to be the most
monumental change and advancement in lifting humanity
out of thousands of years of poverty and struggle all
because of the steam and electrical age we see explained
in this series particularly and further series to come.
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In the context of the 14 years of rationing that the British People had to endure during and after the Second World War - over 11 million tons of food & other goods were transported every year via 4000 miles of canals and inland waterways.