BLACK COUNTRY CANAL waterways working boats 1965

Canals were vital to the development of industry during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in England’s West Midlands. They were very busy even into the age of railways. But during the first half of the 20th century the old industries, users of canal transport, declined. By the 1960s very little commercial traffic remained. This is a glimpse of what had survived including horse drawn canal boats. Please view my other transport films via    / alansnowdon   Kindly like, comment, share and subscribe to support my channel & videos © A Snowdon 2016-21. See my Grand Union Canal to Guildford film    • GRAND UNION CANAL narrowboat to Guildford ...   See my Grand Union Canal to Aylesbury film    • Chilterns GRAND UNION CANAL narrowboat to ...   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birming... https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...   / birminghamcanalnavigationssociety   http://www.tonycanalpics.co.uk/bcn/in... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_C... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stourbr... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_C... See ‪@CruisingTheCut‬'s commendable contemporary account of working boats on the nearby Grand Union    • 209. A day in the life of a fuel boat on t...   See recent Walsall narrowboats    • Canal Boats at Autherley Junction and on t...   from Rail film maker ‪@class47peter‬