Building Britain's CanalsSeason 1, Episode 2 - Leeds And Liverpool

Historian Dan Jones travels to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in the north of England, Britain's longest canal built by just one company. 127 miles long, it was a 19th Century superhighway. Rising 500 feet above sea level, it’s one of the great achievements of the industrial age. Linking the economically booming counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire, it’s a story of the industrial revolution. The canal ferried coal and cotton to the mills and factories of the industrial north from Liverpool, transforming the fortunes of Yorkshire and Lancashire.

Building Britain's Canals was broadcast on SBS ONE at Wednesday 25 November 2020, 09:30. This episode was initially placed on Tuesday 22 October 2019.