Built primarily between 1700 and 1900, the Birmingham Canal network was the lifeblood of the Industrial Revolution. At its peak in 1898, this engineering marvel facilitated the transport of an ...

Britain's relationship with the canals of the Industrial Revolution has lasted for some 300 years. In that time they've moved from being vital trade routes to ignored and forgotten relics ...

The charity which maintains Yorkshire's canal network has said that the ... in the transport routes that once powered the Industrial Revolution. A spokesperson from the Department for Environment ...

But this limited where businesses could trade. At the start of the Industrial Revolution, canals and barges provided the solution. A pit pony in a coal mine, photograph taken in the early 1900s.

A charity is calling on volunteers to protect wildlife like otters, ducks and water voles by helping to maintain the canal network. Almost 10.2m people in Yorkshire live within a 10-minute walk of a ...