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Newspaper Canal Reports

International

1899-1906 Ship Canals, mostly the Kiel Canal and the Mittelland Canal.

 

1902 French and Chinese Canals.

 

1902-1-9 Canal du Midi, proposed ship canal.

 

1903-10-6 Leader Williams on foreign and British canal improvements.

 

1904-3-24 European canal developments, Fairplay.

 

1904-7-15 Manchester Courier, European waterways.

 

1917-9-15 Rhone and Seattle Canals, Journal of Commerce.

 

 

 

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British

1894 May 16, The Times re Our Canals.

 

1901 Regent's Canal, London, Daily Mail.

 

1901 Birmingham Canal breach, Manchester Guardian.

 

1904-8-12 Rochdale Canal, Manchester Guardian.

 

1910 May, Newspaper reports re Tyne-Solway Canal.

 

1921-9-30 Trent Navigation, Journal of Commerce.

 

1926-5-20 S&SYN, Manchester Guardian.

 

1929 West Riding (Goole-Leeds) Ship Canal, Yorkshire Post.

 

1944 Mid-Scotland Canal newspaper reports.

 

1947 Mersey-Birmingham Canal, Liverpool Post.

 

1957-2-22 Contour Canal, Journal of Commerce.

 

1958-5-20 Thurlwood Lock, Manchester Guardian.