  LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS CHAPTER III RAILWAYS TO THE RESCUE CHAPTER IV RAILWAY-CONTROLLED CANALS CHAPTER V THE BIRMINGHAM CANAL AND ITS STORY CHAPTER VI THE TRANSITION IN TRADE CHAPTER VII CONTINENTAL CONDITIONS CHAPTER VIII WATERWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES CHAPTER X CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS APPENDIX THE DECLINE IN FREIGHT TRAFFIC ON THE MISSISSIPPI The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. BRITISH CANALS AQUEDUCT AT PONTCYSYLLTE (IN THE DISTANCE). AQUEDUCT AT PONTCYSYLLTE (IN THE DISTANCE). (Constructed by Telford to carry Ellesmere Canal over River Dee. Opened 1803. Cost £47,000. Length, 1007 feet.) [Frontispiece. BRITISH CANALS: IS THEIR RESUSCITATION PRACTICABLE? BY EDWIN A. PRATT AUTHOR OF "RAILWAYS AND THEIR RATES," "THE ORGANIZATION LONDON |
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