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Canals: The Making of a Nation

Engineering

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One YorkshireLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

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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 - sometimes 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? Show less

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