OUR WATERWAYS: a History of Inland Navigation...of Water Conservancy

by Forbes, Urquhart A. & Ashford, W.H

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London:: John Murray,, 1906. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; errata slip bound in; fore & bottom edges untrimmed; cover tips bumped; otherwise good. ||| BOUND IN--folded `Map of River Watersheds & Inland Navigations of the United Kingdom'--separated at folds.. appendixes + bibliography + indexes. With occasional charts in text & appendixes. Detailed history of--& lack of public interest in--decades-long studies & official reports citing value of canals & rivers for navigation (tho many canals were bought by railroads to kill competition), for fishing, for water supply (but an 1850 law mandated daily dumping of millions of gallons of sewage into Thames River--London's water source) ||| Urges national ownership to prevent further degradation, & to revive waterways for pleasure boats & freight transport. In 1962--56 years later, British Waterways Board assumed ownership & administration. ||| Located at Yale, MIT, British National Library, & Library of Congress.