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Canals: The Making of a Nation
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Canals: The Making of a Nation

2015-08-28 · 29 min / episode · ★ 6.3

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Liz McIvor looks at who built the nation's canal network, who funded it, those who worked on it and how they were regenerated following WWII.

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