The narrow canals were digged in the 17th and 18th century to provide transport for industrial area’s like Manchester and Liverpool. The canals were narrow and shallow because they had to be digged by hand. The boats transporting coal, clay and other product had to be small and long to be able to pass each other on the average 5 meters wide canals. The pre-industrial canals have been very important for the development of the English industry. When the boats were replaced by trains and lost their function, they were used for recreational purposes. This series was made on the canal between Llangollen (Wales) and between Aldermaston and Devizes.
Canal from Llangollen (Wales) to Ellesmere(England).
Passing a lock along the canal from Llangollen (Wales) to Ellesmere(England).
Canal from Llangollen (Wales) to Ellesmere(England). Close up decorated backside of narrowboat.
Stockport Narrowboatcanal and old lock in the Greater Manchester area.
Canal from Llangollen (Wales) to Ellesmere(England).
Narrowboat passing through a tunnel.
View of the Pontcysyllte Aquaduct, a small, high and long boat passage in the Wye valley.
Crossing of the Wye valley on the 40 meters high Pontcysyllte Acqaduct.
Canal from Llangollen (Wales) to Ellesmere(England). View of the Pontcysyllte Aquaduct, a small, high and long boat passage in the Wye valley.
View of the Pontcysyllte Aquaduct, a small, high and long boat passage in the Wye valley.
Bridge in Newbury on the Kennet and Avon Canal.
Boatie (Permanent boatdweller)with her two dogs sitting outside.
Dave Hunter, a boatie, feeds the ducks from his 'sans souci' narrowboat. Dave lives permanently on his Narrowboat.
Authentic interior of a narrowboat that is still in use.
Narrowboat interior. Canal from Llangollen (Wales) to Ellesmere(England).
Canal from Llangollen (Wales) to Ellesmere(England). Historical Warehouse from a narrowboat carrier in Ellesmere.
Kennet and Avon Canal. The famous manually operated locks of Devizes.The canal was built in the 18th. century to connect the Thames with the river Avon.