In what ways were the Midford and associated Wellow and Cam valleys once important and why has this importance declined?

Reference Number: PP/294
Level of Description: Item
Title: In what ways were the Midford and associated Wellow and Cam valleys once important and why has this importance declined?
Date: n.d. [post 1970]
Extent: Pages: 28
Description: Photocopy of a handwritten, illustrated essay/dissertation submitted for the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate Local Geography Scheme. Includes information on the Somerset Coal Canal, geologist William Smith, the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, the Camerton and Limpley Stoke Railway and the water supply in the Midford valley.
Subject: Canals
Local railways
Locks
Water supply