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Liz McIvor tells the story of the early canal builders who struggled with the rugged terrain of England's Pennine hills. Creating a network of canals in this landscape was an uphill challenge - som...etimes literally! But connecting the powerhouses of Yorkshire and Lancashire was a great prize at the time of the industrial revolution. What should the engineers do? Should they build over, under or around the hills? Who succeeded and who struggled? BBC One version
Liz McIvor tells the story of the early canal builders who struggled with the rugged terrain of England's Pennine hills. Creating a network of canals in this landscape was an uphill challenge - som...etimes literally! But connecting the powerhouses of Yorkshire and Lancashire was a great prize at the time of the industrial revolution. What should the engineers do? Should they build over, under or around the hills? Who succeeded and who struggled? BBC One version
| Series: | Canals: the making of a nation |
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| Episode | 1 |
| Published: | 2015 |
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| Duration: | 00:29:00 |
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| Producer: | Paul Craven |
| Contributor: | Liz McIvor |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | BBC One website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b068c3zh |
| Subject terms: | Canals--Great Britain--Design and construction--History; Inland navigation--England--History |
| Production number: | FKIC343L |
| Available to public: | no |
