Download or read book The Caledonian Canal written by A.D. Cameron and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the history of the sixty-mile, Scottish Highland canal and its significance to the region’s transportation and tourism. Thomas Telford’s plan, to connect Loch Ness, Loch Oich, and Loch Lochy with each other and the sea, was a huge undertaking that brought civil engineering to the Highlands on a heroic scale. Deep in the Highlands, far from the canal network of England, engineers forged their way through the Great Glen to construct the biggest canal of its day: twenty-two miles of artificial cutting and no fewer than twenty-eight locks. A.D. (Sandy) Cameron’s book has long been recognized as the authoritative work on the canal as well as a reliable and useful guide to the surrounding area. There are intriguing old plans, not discovered until 1992, and a survey of the dramatic rise in pleasure-craft traffic during the last two decades. But the highlight of the recent past was undoubtedly the Tall Ships passing through the canal in stately procession in 1991. Impossible, then, not to feel the fascination of this beautiful waterway: a working piece of industrial history and a remarkable engineering achievement. This book is a fitting celebration of this remarkable feat of engineering.
Download or read book Canal Walks written by Julia Bradbury and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seasoned stomper Julia Bradbury dons her walking boots once again to explore the canals of Britain and their accompanying towpath trails. Accompanying the four part BBC television series, the walks featured in this book follow a hidden network of locks, bridges, aqueducts and tunnels, perfect for walkers wanting to explore on foot. It was canals that transformed Britain into an economic superpower, the transport arteries at the heart of an expanding industrial age. By the late 1700s Canal Mania was sweeping the nation and a new and growing network of transport superhighways dominated the landscape. Canals had arrived connecting towns and cities with Britain's industrial heartlands and export hubs. Here are four of the best walks, all offering an insight into Britain's industrial heritage. Navigating Highland Glens, rolling countryside, river valleys and our industrial heartland these waterways cut a sedate path through some of the country's finest scenery. Today, over 2,000 miles of restored canals offer a gateway into a different world. This book covers four different walks: 1. Llangollen Canal- 'A Stream Through The Skies' (North Wales) 2. Caledonian Canal- 'From Coast to Coast' (Highlands) 3. Worcester & Birmingham Canal- 'Industrial Revelations' (Birmingham) 4. Kennet & Avon Canal- 'Restoration & Renaissance' (Bath)
Download or read book Felt Wee Folk New Adventures written by Salley Mavor and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fabulous book! . . . If you enjoy tiny, detailed projects that allow for lots of creativity and personal handiwork, I cannot recommend this book enough!” —Feeling Stitchy Salley Mavor’s book Felt Wee Folk inspired tens of thousands to handcraft dolls from simple materials. Now, she invites you to return to the wee world with Felt Wee Folk—New Adventures, starring 120 dolls to spark smiles and creativity. As requested by fans, this long-awaited follow-up shares more challenging projects. Explore fresh scenes and an array of new outfits, hairstyles, and accessories, with full-sized patterns. Make bendable dolls that resemble you, your family, or your favorite fairy-tale characters with wool felt, chenille stems, and decorative stitching. Display the figures in a dollhouse, atop a wedding cake, or in a holiday scene to be cherished year after year. From the pages of Mavor’s award-winning children’s books to your home, the enchanting wee folk dolls appeal to crafters of all ages and skill levels. More dolls, more scenes, and more outfits Use your stash—wool felt, chenille stems, and simple embellishments Delightful, challenging projects, as requested by fans Felt Wee Folk was a Foreword Reviews’ GOLD WINNER for Crafts & Hobbies “While the original book included projects beyond Wee Folk dolls, the new volume focuses on the dolls themselves. Fairies and families, kings and knights, and even some not-too-scary pirates all grace the pages of the book, beckoning readers to at least admire, if not try to create, Wee Folk of their own.” —The Enterprise (Cape Cod)
Download or read book Scotland s Highlands Islands written by Richenda Miers and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Inverness to the Outer Hebrides and Shetland, this guide reveals some of the last wildernesses of Europe. The guide features all sides of the Highlands and Islands, exploring both the tourist honey-traps and Scotland¿s most remote regions. It highlights thriving traditions such as caber-tossing, Ceilidh music and story-telling, alongside the history of clans, tartans, and the Highland Clearances. The author¿s intimate knowledge of Highland life provides a unique insight into the region, its people, and their culture and beliefs; she offers sound advice as only an insider could. The guide also packs in a wealth of essential and up-to-date practical information, the latest listings, extensive maps and travel timetables, and expert advice on where to ski, walk, windsurf, fish, and star-gaze.
Download or read book The Highlands written by Paul Murton and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Murton journeys the length and breadth of the spectacularly beautiful Scottish Highlands. In addition to bringing a fresh eye to popular destinations such as Glencoe, Ben Nevis, Loch Ness and the Cairngorms, he also visits some remote and little-known locations hidden off the beaten track. Throughout his travels, Paul meets a host of modern Highlanders, from caber tossers and gamekeepers to lairds to pipers. With an instinct for the unusual, he uncovers some strange tales, myths and legends along the way: stories of Jacobites, clan warfare, murder and cattle rustling fill each chapter - as well as some hilarious anecdotes based on his extensive personal experience of a place he loves to call home.
Download or read book Description of the Great North Holland Canal and of the Works at Niewediep written by George Briant Wheeler Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Canals of Scotland written by Jean Olivia Lindsay and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Adrift In Caledonia written by Nick Thorpe and published by Abacus. This book was released on 2009-12-03 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One clear morning in May, Nick Thorpe left his Edinburgh flat, ducked off the commuter route and hitched a ride aboard a little white canal boat, heading west towards the sea. It was the first mutinous step in a delightful boat-hopping odyssey that would take him 2500 miles through Scotland's canals, lochs and coastal waters, from the industrial Clyde to the scattered islands of Viking Shetland. Writing with characteristic humour and candour, the award-winning author of EIGHT MEN AND A DUCK plots a curiously existential voyage, inspired by those who have left the warm hearth for the promise of a stretched horizon. Whether rowing a coracle with a chapter of monks, scanning for the elusive Nessie, hitting the rocks with Captain Calamity or clinging to the rigging of a tall ship, Thorpe weaves a narrative that is by turns funny and poignant - a nautical pilgrimage for any who have ever been tempted to try a new path just to see where it might take them. Part travelogue, part memoir, ADRIFT IN CALEDONIA is a unique and affectionate portrait of a sea-fringed nation - and of the drifter's quest to belong.
Download or read book A Scotsman Returns written by Paul A. Lynn and published by Whittles. This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern travelogue describing and revisiting Telford's work in Scotland oduring the early 19th century.Shows how Telford's engineering had a profound influence on the social history of the Highlands and Islands.
Download or read book Loch Ness Inverness Black Isle and Affric written by Paul Webster and published by Pocket Mountains S.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to 40 favourite walks around Loch Ness, Inverness, Black Isle and Glen Affric.
Download or read book A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland 1500 1830 written by A. W. Skempton and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 2002 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biographical reference work looks specifically at the lives, works and careers of those individuals involved in civil engineering whose careers began before 1830.
Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Murder On The Caledonian Queen written by Sigrid Vansandt and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-18 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A FUN COZY MYSTERY SERIES - HELEN AND MARTHA COZY MURDER MYSTERY "There doesn't seem to be a person on board he hasn't inflicted hurt upon..."-Martha Littleword What does a famous rock star, a wealthy software engineer, a Swedish boat captain and Helen Ryes-Cousins all have in common? Murder! When Reny Redfern, a vicious extortionist and corporate blackguard, is killed aboard the elegant Luxemotor hotel barge, The Caledonian Queen, everyone is a suspect-especially Helen. Invited for a luxury trip up the bewitching Caledonian canal, Martha and Helen are asked to assess the value of a rare sixteenth-century manuscript. But it's all a ruse. Their chic-trip goes deadly when someone stuffs a dead man in Helen's closet and uses her clothes steamer to cosh him on the head. The deep, mysterious lochs of Scotland may have fish, but none are as big as the one being used to bait in a monster. Grab a cup of tea, tuck yourself in somewhere cozy, and nibble on a few pieces of shortbread. The girls are on an adventure of Highland proportions. OTHER FUN COZY MURDER MYSTERIES BY SIGRID VANSANDT HELEN & MARTHA MURDER MYSTERY SERIESTwo Birds With One Stone (Book 1) Murder Travels in Threes (Book 2) Pudding Poison & Pie (Book 3) Death Drinks Darjeeling (Book 4) Murder On The Caledonian Queen (Book 5) WILLOW VALLEY COZY MYSTERY SERIESThe Ghost in Mr. Peppers Bed (Book 1) A Ghost's Tale (Book 2)
Download or read book Reports from Commissioners written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Institutional Approach to the G ta kanal written by Björn Hasselgren and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-25 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on an institutional evolutionary theoretical view to the Göta kanal. Canals were the major transport infrastructure system besides roads and maritime transport until railroads were introduced. The canal studied is the Swedish Göta kanal project during the preparation and construction phase from 1800–1832. Thus, the Göta kanal, and the canal-era, is seen from a technological, an economic and a political perspective. Comparisons are made with two contemporary major canal-projects; the Erie Canal in the USA (1817–1825) and the Caledonian Canal in Britain (1804–1822). It is argued that the Göta kanal project, as Sweden's Mega Project of its time, represented an important development step in Sweden as regards learning and innovation and became a starting point for Swedish transport infrastructure projects in the time to come, primarily the railways.
Download or read book Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General Index to Bills written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
