It looked like it had been bombed!" Meanwhile, there was waning interest in using the canal to transport shipments by barge. "Moving freight by barge canal was out of date because the interstate ...

A barge has sunk and blocked a canal in Coventry. West Midlands Fire Service said they were called to the Oxford Canal between bridges four and five on Sunday to search the sunken barge.

In turn, that raises barge freight rates and cash basis takes the ... Fortunately, the Panama Canal is in better condition than it was a year ago, so that’s one thing that’s different.” ...

ANDREW WATTS:To bring in the sort of materials that one canal barge would bring in with one ... Understand the reasons why freight carrying on the canals declined in the 19th and 20th centuries.