Maps of Britain
Season 1 • Episode 2: The Canal Map of Britain • Watch with subtitles
Episode 2: The Canal Map of Britain
March 15, 2024 • 45 min
A look at Britain's beloved canal network via a fact-filled cruise along the first superhighways of the Industrial Revolution. In the age before mechanisation, a frenzy of canal-building saw a new army of workers carve out the British landscape, digging out hundreds of miles of waterways using picks, shovels and muscle.
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