Stella & Rose's Books

Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• List of figures
• List of Tables
• Perspective
• 1 The Canal Age, 1760-1830
• Transport before the canal
• River improvement
• The Canal solution
• Notes
• 2 The Impact of Canals on Existing Settlements
• Regional Specialisation
• Industrial and Urban Growth
• Port Development
• Notes
• 3 The Creation of Settlements by Canals
• Urban Genesis: The Context
• Canal-created settlements in Britain
• Locational Decision Making
• Canal-created River Ports
• Notes
• 4 Runcorn in the Canal Age
• Runcorn Before the Canal
• The Decision Making Context
• The Initial Terminal
• Trade and Port Development
• Competition by Water and Rail after 1800
• Urban Developments
• Notes
• 5 Stourport and the Canal Age
• Stourport before the Canal
• The Decision Making Context
• The Initial Terminal
• Port Development
• The Effects of competition
• Notes
• 6 Ellesmere Port in the Canal Age
• Ellesmere Port before the Canal
• The Decision Making Context
• The Initial Terminal
• The Passenger Period
• The Revolution in Trade after 1835
• Notes
• 7 Goole in the Canal Age
• Goole Before the Canal
• The Decision Making Context
• The Initial Terminal
• The Establishment of a Seaport
• The New Town
• Port Expansion and Trade Recession after 1835
• Notes
• 8 The Challenge of the Railways, 1830-1918
• Runcorn
• Stourport
• Ellesmere Port
• Goole
• Port Developments to 1913
• Notes
• 9 Canal Ports in the Motor Age, 1918-73
• Runcorn
• Stourport
• Ellesmere Port
• Goole
• Port Developments after 1918
• Notes
• Retrospect
• 10 Conclusion: A Canal Port Model
• Canal Port Genesis
• Canal Port Development
• Testing the Model: Grangemouth
• Any (Canal) Port
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Appendices