In the end that didn't really work, because the canal was a working canal and it's still the East End.
Rolt's book was an attempt to capture the dying world of the working canal boats and, by extension, an entire rural way of life that was passing away, buried under ever growing urban sprawl.
Stroud District Council said the deal was a "major milestone" in bringing a working canal to the town.
He negotiated with the Neath Canal, who gave him permission to build a lock into the river from their canal, either at Giant's Grave or Court Sart pill, but working canal boats across a tidal river would not have been ideal, and he did not build the lock.
These were working canals, lined with small one- and two-room wood and stucco homes that sat right up against canals.
For every ten hours of work, the canal grew a hundred and forty feet longer; they were still a month away from the Gulf and the end of their contract.
The council said more resurfacing works within Canal Corner may follow but the scale of these additional works will depend "on the funding available".
I worked for Canal Natura, a "green" TV channel, writing and producing environmental programming.
But to archaeologists they are monuments to prodigious engineering skill and hard work -- canals that enabled Indians to travel between Lake Okeechobee and the Gulf of Mexico.
Mr. Prince used dozens of the pictures as the basis for a series of dystopian works called "Canal Zone," which were exhibited at the Gagosian Gallery in 2008 and generated more than $10 million in sales.
In the olden days, Elim was the "colored" accommodation quarter of the public works water canal.
