Canals of Bath
468 views · Published 1 November 2009 · 1:06 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: screenshot · 2009 · Travel & Events
Bath is beautifully situated in the Avon valley, but whats the reason of the canal and sluices on the hills around the city? In 1720, Ralph Allen - former worker for the Post Office - had a concession on a sandstone mine and wanted to sell his stones. So what do you do? That is right, make friends with the right people and find financiers, and architects to build homes. There was plenty of stone to build. Allen ordered the architect John Wood to devise plans for building chic projects. The Georgian style was introduced in Bath. To get the stones to their intended location required roads, or preferably waterways. Allen ordered a canal to be built, because he was an expert at solving problems. He had made his fortune by solving organisational problems for the British Post Office.
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