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Section 18: Our Heritage?

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  2. Maintenance for Heritage

How disappointing to find these on the newly restored Forth and Clyde canal.

  There are also some metricated signs in the centre of Birmingham.

Canals should retain their historic measurement, which is MILES, if not furlongs and chains

Book Navigation

  • ‹ Section 17: Canal Heritage
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  • Section 19: Unsuitable Developments ›

Maintenance for Heritage

  • Section 1: Balance Beam Handles
  • Section 2: Balance Beam Lengths
  • Section 3: Handrails on Gates
  • Section 4: Lock Quadrants
  • Section 5: Gate Steps
  • Section 6: Brick Paving
  • Section 7: Fences & Railings
  • Section 8: Paddle Gear
  • Section 9: Electrically Operated Paddle Gear
  • Section 10: Lock Ladder Handles
  • Section 11: Lock Gates
  • Section 12: Newly Inbuilt Faults
  • Section 13: Towpaths
  • Section 14: Water Points
  • Section 15: Canalside Signs
  • Section 16: Innovations Which Detract
  • Section 17: Canal Heritage
  • Section 18: Our Heritage?
  • Section 19: Unsuitable Developments
  • Section 20: The World's Gone Mad
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