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Article: Leisure offersa rebirth for waterways once relied on by industry.(News)

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February 24, 2006
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Byline: By RHODRI CLARK Western Mail

Property development could help to restore our beautiful canals, writes Rhodri Clark IT'S IMPOSSIBLE to imagine the M4 motorway ever becoming a tourist attraction and pushing up property values. It must have been just as far from anybody's mind in the 18th century that Britain's canal network would eventually become so popular that millions of pounds would be spent restoring derelict sections.

Back then canals were associated with industrial grime and hard labour. Heavy lock gates had to be opened and closed in dreary ...

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