Welcome to the Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology (GSIA) website. The Society was formed in 1964 to study and record the history and physical remains of Gloucestershire industries.
Details of our activities, together with copies of our Journal articles and various pages relating to the County's industrial past may be seen by following the relevant links in the sidebar and drop-down menus above.
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The Origins of Gloucester's Canal by Hugh Conway-Jones
A canal was urgently needed in 1792 to by-pass the difficult and treacherous 25 mile stretch of the River Severn below Gloucester. However as this paper shows obtaining the act was not straightforward.
The junction of the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal with the Stroudwater Navigation at Saul in 1982