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Liz McIvor looks at who built the nation's canal network, who funded it, those who worked on it and how they were regenerated following WWII.
Canals: The Making of a Nation Season 1
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Canals: The Making of a Nation
2015
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Liz McIvor looks at who built the nation's canal network, who funded it, those who worked on it and how they were regenerated following WWII.
Canals: The Making of a Nation Season 1 Full Episode Guide
How the nation's canals were saved following years of postwar neglect, becoming places of tranquillity and popular for boating holidays.
The people who operated the canal boats, carrying fuel and goods around the country.
The tales of the men who built the canals - the navigators, or navvies - focusing on their work on the Manchester Ship Canal.
The story of 'canal mania', the period of activity that helped develop Britain's modern financial economy, now centred in London.
How the process of building Britain's canals resulted in furthering geological knowledge, as surveyor William Smith created the first geological map of England and Wales.
The struggles of the builders and engineers tasked with creating a landscape of canals over the rugged terrain surrounding the Pennine hills.
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