Printed Ephemera — 1800-1845
Notice
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries canals were one of the main routes for transporting goods around Britain. London joined the national canal network with the opening of the Grand Junction Canal from Paddington Basin in 1801. Canalboats were particularly suited to transporting fragile goods like ceramics from the potteries of Staffordshire.
Services ran daily between London and the rest of Britain. This notice for J. Mills & Co. Canal Carriers lists 180 destinations around the country. 70 of these are towns in Staffordshire.
Canal transport declined with the expansion of the railway system in the second half of the 19th century.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 2009.1/16
- Object name:
- notice
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Compton and Ritchie
- Related people:
- Related events:
- Production date:
- 1800-1845
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 385 mm, W 242 mm (overall)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- —
- License this image:
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