Antipodean pedantry
As a retired chief sub-editor copy editor in your West Pacific, post colonial parlance I am moved to point out that the blocklines under the main pic, which declare that canals " could haul the modern knowledge economy's raw materials - humans - rather than the sooty black lumps they helped transport in industrial times", is grammatically incorrect, as a canal is an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation.
The intro par did, however, accurately state that " barges hauled finished goods, coal and other raw materials around the country."
Fraternal regards,
Des Carroll, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.
