Canals: The Making of a Nation
Season 1 Episode 6 - Heritage
In this final episode we look at the modern history of canals and the changes that took place after WW2. They were no longer places of smoke, toil and industry.
Subtitles: English
Starring:Liz McIvor
Season 1
S01:E01 - Engineering
The period of canal building gave rise to the emerging discipline of civil engineering. In the late 18th century people viewed engineers as soldiers.
S01:E02 - Geology
Carving up our landscape in order to build canals in the late 1700s helped pave the way for a far deeper understanding of what existed below our feet.
S01:E03 - Capitalism
During the ‘Golden Age’ of canals capitalism was changing rapidly – moving ever closer to the financial and economic systems we are familiar with today.
S01:E04 - The Workers
This is the story of the men who built our canals – the navigators or ‘navvies’. Their story is often overlooked or misunderstood.
S01:E05 - The Boat People
Once the canals were built - men, women and children toiled for long hours, often in dangerous conditions; and at huge personal cost.
S01:E06 - Heritage
In this final episode we look at the modern history of canals and the changes that took place after WW2. They were no longer places of smoke, toil and industry.
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