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Canal Narrowboats and Barges

Tony Conder

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English
Shire Publications
20 May 2012
Series: Shire Library
This new Shire Album is primarily an introduction to narrowboats. It is illustrated by modern colour photographs of boats on the inland waterways today and will act as a guide to those who want to search out the heritage of the working canals.

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Imprint:   Shire Publications
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Volume:   427
Dimensions:   Height: 210mm,  Width: 149mm,  Spine: 5mm
Weight:   156g
ISBN:   9780747805878
ISBN 10:   0747805873
Series:   Shire Library
Pages:   56
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Introduction; Broad and narrow waterways; Barges; Where did narrowboats come from?; Construction and Propulsion; Boat-builders and types of boat; Working cargoes; Boats today; Further reading; Museums; Societies; Websites

Tony Conder has been involved with inland waterways since his parents first took him for walks beside the Wey Navigation. For twenty-five years he was Curator of the British Waterways Collection. Initially he was based at Stoke Bruerne, from where he collected objects from all over the canal system. In 1988 he opened the National Waterways Museum at Gloucester and in 1999 became Curator to the Waterways Trust, taking the collection to national designated status.

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