The Past at Work
Season 1 • Episode 6: The Venice of England • Watch with subtitles
Episode 6: The Venice of England
April 29, 1980 • 25 min
The development and improvement of the British canal system is summed up by the Birmingham Canal Navigation. Birmingham has more miles of canal than Venice. Anthony Burton follows one of the important industrial routes of the BCN from Farmers Bridge in the city centre by canal through Dudley tunnel to the Black Country Museum.
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