The Canal Map of Britain

The Canal Map of Britain (2024)

March 15th, 20240h 59min

Documentary, History
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A look at Britain's beloved canal network via a fact-filled cruise along the first superhighways of the Industrial Revolution. In the age before mechanisation, a frenzy of canal-building saw a new army of workers carve out the British landscape, digging out hundreds of miles of waterways using picks, shovels and muscle.


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