The development of Birmingham into a major modern industrial city
can be said to have begun in 1772 with the opening of its first
canal. At that time Birmingham was a small and largely rural town
with a growing manufacturing base. The growth of manufacturing
within the town, however, was severely constrained by the lack of a
cheap, reliable and efficient means of transport for the goods it
produced. These difficulties were largely overcome by the building
of the canal, in that it provided a cheap and efficient means of
transport to convey the town's manufactured goods to markets beyond
its boundaries. The why, when and how this first canal came to be
built is explored in this detailed and highly referenced account.
It tells the fascinating story of how a small group of innovative,
determined and ambitious entrepreneurs joined together to plan and
secure its construction, and thereby also secure the City's future
progress and prosperity.
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