On Tuesday, January 09, 2007 4:38 PM [GMT+1=CET],
trainfinder22 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> so unlike here in NY USA were even the erie canal has a practical
> application to move bulk freight...why do narrow british canals
> exist? Irrigation?

Since the effective end of large-scale narrowboat acrrying in 1963 their 
main use is for pleasure boating plus other recreational uses.

Mike Stevens
narrowboat Felis Catus III
web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk

Defend the waterways.
Visit the web site www.saveourwaterways.org.uk 


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