Chapter II: Appendix: The Decline in Freight Traffic on the Mississippi 151

INDEX 157

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS

HALF-TONE ILLUSTRATIONS

AQUEDUCT AT PONTCYSYLLTE (in the distance) _Frontispiece_

WHAT CANAL WIDENING WOULD MEAN: COWLEY TUNNEL AND EMBANKMENTS _To face page_ 32

LOCKS ON THE KENNET AND AVON CANAL AT DEVIZES " " 42

WAREHOUSES AND HYDRAULIC CRANES AT ELLESMERE PORT " " 48

WHAT CANAL WIDENING WOULD MEAN: SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL AT CHESTER " " 70

"FROM PIT TO PORT": PROSPECT PIT, WIGAN " " 82

THE SHIPPING OF COAL: HYDRAULIC TIP ON G.W.R., SWANSEA " " 88

A CARGO BOAT ON THE MISSISSIPPI " " 110

SUCCESSFUL RIVALS OF MISSISSIPPI CARGO BOATS " " 114

WATER SUPPLY FOR CANALS: BELVIDE RESERVOIR, STAFFORDSHIRE " " 128

MAPS AND DIAGRAMS

INDEPENDENT CANALS AND INLAND NAVIGATIONS " " 54

CANALS AND RAILWAYS BETWEEN WOLVERHAMPTON AND BIRMINGHAM " " 56

SOME TYPICAL BRITISH CANALS " " 98

BRITISH CANALS