Retracing canals to Croydon and Camberwell : Croydon Canal and the Grand Surrey Canal
Salter, Brian, 1941-1986
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A canal from London to Portsmouth and Southampton was seen as highly desirable during the French Revolutionary Wars, and several schemes were put forward. Croydon occupied an important place on most of the routes surveyed, and a scheme to extend the Surrey Docks - New Cross (the Grand Surrey) canal to Croydon was eventually accepted and built, opening with the usual municipal ceremony in 1809. Unfortunately it did not attract enough traffic to make it profitable and it closed in 1836 on being sold to a railway company which used most of its route. Illustrated with numerous maps, this book sets out the history of the canal.
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Author:
Salter, Brian, 1941-, author
Imprint:
East Grinstead : Living History Publications, 1986.
Collation:
84 pages : maps
ISBN:
9780905592015 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
386.46942.164
Language:
English
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BRN:
2244954
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