On Tuesday for class we geocached along the Canal route. It was a beautiful walk, I could not believe that we walk by it every day on our way to the underground station and home. I hadn’t expected to have boats and people living on the canal. What was also not expected but extremely welcomed was a restaurant on the canal itself. Further along, the canal goes by the Regents Park which was pleasant to stop by and help Manley and other students find our last geocache prize in the bushes. Next we went to Camden Town to start a new series called The London Rainbow. There we saw where people would keep their horses that were used to pull boats up the canal.
After walking along the canal I assumed that the infrastructure system was used to move from one place to another. After doing some research I did find that they were indeed used to transport belongings and supplies from one location to another. The main purpose for the canal was to deliver coal to people cheaper. The plans were set by the Duke of Bridgewater who had an enthusiasm for coal. When the canal was made it decreased the price of coal by half.
All information was sited from http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/history/ukcanals.htm
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