Author: Vine, Paul A. L.
Title: London's Lost Route to Basingstoke: The Story of the Basingstoke Canal
Description: Newton Abbot [UK], David & Charles, (1968). orig.boards. 23x16cm, 212 pp. Bibliography: p. [187]-189.. 19pp photoplates & maps.. Minor rubbing. VG. In a rubbed dustwrapper. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: The Demand for Water Carriage in Hampshire; The Basingstoke Canal Bill (1776-1778); The Building of the Basingstoke Canal (1788-1794); Trade during the Napoleonic Wars (1794-1815); The Attempt to Reach the Channel (1792-1810); The Intended Berks & Hants Canal (1810-1827); Competition from Land and Sea (1815-1832); The Coming of the Railway (1830-1839); Rivalry with the Railways (1839-1850); The Construction of Aldershot Camp (1854-1859); Rise and Fall (1860-1866); Speculators at Large (1869-1910); The High Courts of Justice (1910-1913); Autumn Days (1913-1967).

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