Banagher was once a main centre for river transportation on the Shannon system.
Its business idea was to provide air services to rural areas in Sarawak, as an alternative to river transportation at that time.
His work focused on applied mechanics, hydrodynamics and river transportation.
A special rate system was put into place to reflect the lower cost of river transportation in comparison with railroads.
Floodplain locations offer easy access to river transportation and the best soils for farming.
Furthermore, at that time, river transportation was served as the most regular way to make purchase with other cities.
He became wharf manager and was connected with river transportation.
With river transportation denied, the alternative land routes would require months of travel instead of days.
The challenge was improving river transportation so farmers could market crops more easily.
By the time the railway arrived in 1911 the long-term decline of river transportation had taken its toll.
