The Carlisle Navigation Canal 1821 - 1823, by David Ramshaw

There was a time when seagoing ships could reach the centre of Carlisle. They nosed their way inland from the Solway along a canal, long since disappeared but now thoroughly chronicled by David Ramshaw.......Packed with photographs, maps, advertisements, extracts from local newspapers and other miscellaneous data, it traces the story of a mere 30 years or so, from conception and construction to closure and conversion too a railway..........David Ramshaw's narrative brings alive the portrait of the canal in its heyday........... His cogent investigation has the hallmarks of in-depth research and an ability to marshall facts and figures into an account likely to appeal to the general reader as well as to the enthusiast.  George Bott in the Keswick Reminder.

Highly Commended in 1998 Lakeland Book of the Year Awards

ISBN 0 9522098 5 3   ( £9.75 ) A5, landscape, softback,  sewn, 144 pages with over 150 photos and illustrations.