BW167/24/2/14
British Waterways Inland Cruising Booklet 14 Cruising on the Severn Waterway Stourport to Sharpness Docks, with the Worcester and Birmingham Canal and the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal from Kings Norton Junction to Kingswood Junction
Description
First edition, new editions of 1965, 1967 and 1972. Gives short histories of the British Transport Commission and the River Severn and associated canals.. Diagrammatic map showing features along canal, with photographs and fold-out map of the waterways system. With instructions for pleasure craft users, scales of chargegs for privately owned craft and contact details for headquarters, divisional headquarters and local representative. Later editions have advertisements for canalside businesses and pleasure craft hire companies. With copy of British Waterways Board leaflet no. 14 "Pleasure Cruising Facilities River Severn Navigation".
Date
1955-1972
Reference code
BW167/24/2/14
Access Status
These records are available immediately for research
Extent & medium
4 volumes