stackyFACTSBefore the steam locomotive dominated logistics, the United Kingdom dug thousands of miles of narrow, interconnected waterways to move heavy coal. Amazingly, a massive portion of this 18th-century canal network is still heavily navigated by modern narrowboats today.
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