American canals c. 1825 Competitiveness, from railways from the 1830s and streets in the 20th century, designed the scaled-down canals obsolete for many business transportation, and most of the British canals fell into decay. Just the Manchester Ship Canal and the Aire and Calder Canal bucked this craze. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A07qHOeWON8