PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II EARLY DAYS
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 IX ENGLISH CONDITIONS
CHAPTER X CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
APPENDIX THE DECLINE IN FREIGHT TRAFFIC ON THE MISSISSIPPI
FOOTNOTES
INDEX
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
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 OF AGRICULTURE," "THE TRANSITION IN AGRICULTURE," ETC.
LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1906