British Canals in Wartime- Transport in Britain, 1944 Coal is loaded onto a canal boat from a large overhead hopper, somewhere along the Warwickshire stretch of the Grand Union Canal, probably at Coventry. The original caption states that 'each boat will carry some 25 tons, which can be delivered direct from colliery to factory without intermediate loading'. This coal is destined for London, and will transported as part of the return journey for boats which delivered cargoes of copper, aluminium and steel to Birmingham.

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