Barging up the Wye statics Léros and N

Léros and N

The lives of the 129 men who vanished alongside Franklin

This perilous contest transformed yachting from a genteel pastime into a rugged adventure

Part 3 Life on Board

Barging up the Wye statics Léros and NA comprehensive and richly illustrated history of the once vitally important but long forgotten barge traffic on the River Wye from Roman times to its demise towards the end of the nineteenth century. As well as a detailed account of the barges themselves the goods they carried, and the people who owned and worked on them the book outlines the navigation and towpaths of the river, the wharves and loading places, some of the accidents which occurred