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A short blog post on the history of canal boat numbers

The British Waterways was a public corporation responsible for managing many of the UK's canals and waterways until it was replaced by the Canal and River Trust in 2012. The British Waterways was created in 1963 as a result of the Transport Act, which nationalized the inland waterways of England and Wales. Prior to the creation of the British Waterways, the canals and waterways were owned and operated by a number of private companies.