A new book about the Kennet and Avon Canal provides anastonishing visual history of one of the country's best lovedwaterways, writes Christopher Hansford Partly because of its passagethrough Bath and the beautiful surrounding countryside, the Kennetand Avon Canal is one of the best loved and most spectacular ofEngland's waterways.
As the canal celebrates its 200th anniversary several new booksabout the waterway are being published and today we look at one ofthem.
Clive and Helen Hackford have gathered together a wonderful arrayof old photographs which they have used to tell the story of thisamazing waterway first proposed in 1788 as a less hazardous way ofgetting …
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