Table of Contents

Introduction; Broad and narrow waterways; Barges; Where did narrowboats come from?; Construction and Propulsion; Boat-builders and types of boat; Working cargoes; Boats today; Further reading; Museums; Societies; Websites

About the Author

Tony Conder has been involved with inland waterways since his parents first took him for walks beside the Wey Navigation. For twenty-five years he was Curator of the British Waterways Collection. Initially he was based at Stoke Bruerne, from where he collected objects from all over the canal system. In 1988 he opened the National Waterways Museum at Gloucester and in 1999 became Curator to the Waterways Trust, taking the collection to national designated status.