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From: David Paste on 29 Jun 2010 18:16 On 29 June, 06:55, real-address-in-...(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > The first of the new breed of big serious canals built for the > burgeoning industrial revolution, the one that heralded the canal boom, > was the Bridgewater canal - opened in 1761 to carry containerized coal. Nearly. Sankey Brook Nav opened in 1757.
From: Rowland McDonnell on 29 Jun 2010 23:39 David Paste <pastedavid(a)gmail.com> wrote: > (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > > > The first of the new breed of big serious canals built for the > > burgeoning industrial revolution, the one that heralded the canal boom, > > was the Bridgewater canal - opened in 1761 to carry containerized coal. > > Nearly. Sankey Brook Nav opened in 1757. Coo. Never heard of that one - still, the Bridgewater Canal gets all the fame, dunnit? So my sneaky selection of the weasel word `heralded' is still perhaps valid... Reading about the Sankey Brook Navigation, I'm inclined to agree that given the purpose for which it was made: shifting coal from Lancs coal fields out to the Mersey, yep, that'll do as the `first modern industrial era canal'. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: David Paste on 30 Jun 2010 06:06 On 30 June, 04:39, real-address-in-...(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > Coo. Never heard of that one - still, the Bridgewater Canal gets all > the fame, dunnit? So my sneaky selection of the weasel word `heralded' > is still perhaps valid... > > Reading about the Sankey Brook Navigation, I'm inclined to agree that > given the purpose for which it was made: shifting coal from Lancs coal > fields out to the Mersey, yep, that'll do as the `first modern > industrial era canal'. Ah, well, you must understand that I am most definitely NOT a Sankey partisan, but then again, I am not a Bridgewaterista, either! I just have a healthy interest in local history. The Sankey Viaduct is worth a mooch around too, if you like that sort of thing.
From: James Jolley on 30 Jun 2010 06:27 On 2010-06-30 11:06:47 +0100, David Paste <pastedavid(a)gmail.com> said: > On 30 June, 04:39, real-address-in-...(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid > (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > >> Coo. �Never heard of that one - still, the Bridgewater Canal gets all >> the fame, dunnit? �So my sneaky selection of the weasel word `heralded' >> is still perhaps valid... >> >> Reading about the Sankey Brook Navigation, I'm inclined to agree that >> given the purpose for which it was made: shifting coal from Lancs coal >> fields out to the Mersey, yep, that'll do as the `first modern >> industrial era canal'. > > > Ah, well, you must understand that I am most definitely NOT a Sankey > partisan, but then again, I am not a Bridgewaterista, either! I just > have a healthy interest in local history. The Sankey Viaduct is worth > a mooch around too, if you like that sort of thing. Nice idea, he won't though. His idea of fun is persecuting the disabled on the internet.
From: Rowland McDonnell on 30 Jun 2010 12:39
David Paste <pastedavid(a)gmail.com> wrote: > (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > > > Coo. Never heard of that one - still, the Bridgewater Canal gets all > > the fame, dunnit? So my sneaky selection of the weasel word `heralded' > > is still perhaps valid... > > > > Reading about the Sankey Brook Navigation, I'm inclined to agree that > > given the purpose for which it was made: shifting coal from Lancs coal > > fields out to the Mersey, yep, that'll do as the `first modern > > industrial era canal'. > > Ah, well, you must understand that I am most definitely NOT a Sankey > partisan, but then again, I am not a Bridgewaterista, either! <brightly> Me neither, just so long as they re-commission as much old canal as possible, I'm happy. Well, aside from the Kennet and Avon, that is. I mean, yeah, okay, so you can drive all the way along it now, not being stopped at Crofton High Level, but that was always a special part of the canoe race, having to run that bit. (me? No, I was only ever support crew. My two bros and our mother have done it, though) > I just > have a healthy interest in local history. The Sankey Viaduct is worth > a mooch around too, if you like that sort of thing. I had been thinking of doing just that, as it happens, having looked at the pictures on the Web. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |