Why there’s reason to hope for Britain’s fastest declining mammal
Once a familiar sight along Britain’s riverbanks, water voles now face extinction—thanks to a new predator. Can these ...
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Architectural Styles Across Britain
The Bridgewater Canal was built by James Brindley for the Duke of Bridgewater to transport coal the ten miles from his Worsley mines to Manchester. The canal was completed in 1761, halving the ...
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KS3 / KS4 / GCSE History: The transport revolution - Britain's canal network
These canals were built across Britain. Linking coasts and navigable rivers, and transforming the profitability of British industry.' PROFESSOR JEREMY BLACK:If I had to pick a symbol for the early ...
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The Canal Map of Britain
A fascinating history of Britain's beloved canal network: the navvies whose brawn created the waterways, and the engineers and architects responsible for some amazing ...
The forgotten pioneer who saved Britain’s canals
His 1944 book Narrow Boat, about his travels along the canals of England with his first ... one of the vehicles that ...
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UKTV follows BBC Four down Britain’s canals
NEWS BRIEF: UKTV has commissioned a new season of BBC Four show Canal Boat Diaries for its factual channel Yesterday and streamer UKTV Play, having licensed the format rights from the BBC. Narrowboat ...
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Inside boat trip along Britain's longest and deepest canal tunnel
Tourists were thrilled with a unique boat trip through Britain's longest and deepest canal tunnel at the Standedge Tunnel, which carved its way beneath the scenic Pennines. The fortunate explorers ...
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The Canal Map of Britain Full Cast & Crew
Movie"A fascinating history of Britain's beloved canal network: the navvies whose brawn created the waterways, and the engineers and architects responsible for some amazing tunnels and aqueducts." ...
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AFFAIRS IN GREAT BRITAIN.; The Suez Canal--Prospects of the Approaching Session of Parliament--Death of Henry Fitzroy--Politics of Sixty Years Since.
The Suez Canal affair seems to have occupied their recent thoughts to the exclusion of other topics. The joint protest of the other great Powers against the conduct of the Porte in forcibly ...