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THE THAMES & SEVERN CANAL

by Humphrey Household

Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st thus. 2009

Nearly fine condition. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos.

Minimal rubbing to corners of covers.

ISBN: 9781848680357
Stock no. 1327790

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Contents

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Foreword to the First Edition
Foreword to the Second Edition
Foreword to the Third Edition
Introduction
Chapter One The Background
Chapter Two The Favourite Subject
Chapter Three Stroudwater
Chapter Four The Rivers Thames and Severn
Chapter Five Birth of the Company
Chapter Six Building the Canal
Chapter Seven Wharves and Water
Chapter Eight "Conducting a Complicated Concern"
Chapter Nine Money and Men
Chapter Ten Links to the Chain
Chapter Eleven Zenith of Efficiency
Chapter Twelve "Last of the Railway Princes"
Chapter Thirteen The Death Agonies I: Misplaced Trust
Chapter Fourteen The Death Agonies II: Councillors Adrift
Appendix
Index

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