The Old Waterways of England. 1934.

For Sale is a Double Page Colour Picture removed from "The Tatler, April 18th, 1934," called "The Old Waterways of England."
Size of Picture- 40.5cm. x 24cm.
Artist- Chas. Pears, R.O.I.

The Grand Union Canal Company has embarked on a development scheme which willcost £1,000,000.  The canal bottoms are to be widened and bigger locks provided so that lighters may ply from ships in port to the heart of the country.  This does not mean that the picturesque and gaily painted narrow "cloth" barges are to go - they will use the old locks.  By horse from the towing path is the natural means of propulsion but its place the slow-combustion engine is rapidly filling.  That the banks are to be stone-capped does not mean that the iris and the bull-rush are to go-this will only be at certain places.  At Hatton, near Warwick, there are twenty-one locks raising the traffic to the higher level of the upper Midlands.  Here the work can be seen in its advanced state of progress.

Condition is Very Good.