Author: E.G. Barnes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781899890323
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Rise of the Midland Railway 1844-1874
Author: E.G. Barnes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781899890323
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781899890323
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
The Rise of the Midland Railway 1844-1874. Illustrated
Author: Eric George Barnes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
The Rise of the Midland Railway, 1844-1874
Author: Eric George Sampson Barnes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Rise of the Midland Railway 1844-18
Author: Eric George Barnes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780043850039
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780043850039
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
An Historical Geography of Railways in Great Britain and Ireland
Author: David Turnock
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351958933
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Although a great deal has been published on the economic, social and engineering history of nineteenth-century railways, the work of historical geographers has been much less conspicuous. This overview by David Turnock goes a long way towards restoring the balance. It details every important aspect of the railway’s influence on spatial distribution of economic and social change, providing a full account of the nineteenth-century geography of the British Isles seen in the context of the railway. The book reviews and explains the shape of the developing railway network, beginning with the pre-steam railways and connections between existing road and water communications and the new rail lines. The author also discusses the impact of the railways on the patterns of industrial, urban and rural change throughout the century. Throughout, the historical geography of Ireland is treated in equal detail to that of Great Britain.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351958933
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Although a great deal has been published on the economic, social and engineering history of nineteenth-century railways, the work of historical geographers has been much less conspicuous. This overview by David Turnock goes a long way towards restoring the balance. It details every important aspect of the railway’s influence on spatial distribution of economic and social change, providing a full account of the nineteenth-century geography of the British Isles seen in the context of the railway. The book reviews and explains the shape of the developing railway network, beginning with the pre-steam railways and connections between existing road and water communications and the new rail lines. The author also discusses the impact of the railways on the patterns of industrial, urban and rural change throughout the century. Throughout, the historical geography of Ireland is treated in equal detail to that of Great Britain.
The Early History of Railway Tunnels
Author: Hubert Pragnell
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1399049445
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
To the early railway traveller, the prospect of travelling to places in hours rather than days hitherto was an inviting prospect, however a journey was not without its fears as well as excitement. To some, the prospect of travelling through a tunnel without carriage lighting, with smoke permeating the compartment and the confined noise was a horror of the new age. What might happen if we broke down or crashed into another train in the darkness? To others it was exciting, with the light from the footplate flickering against the tunnel walls or spotting the occasional glimpses of light from a ventilation shaft. To the directors of early railway companies, planning a route was governed by expense and the most direct way. Avoiding hills could add miles but tunnelling through them could involve vast expense as the Great Western Railway found at Box and the London and Birmingham at Kilsby. Creating a cutting as an alternative was also costly not only in labour and time, but also in compensation for landowners, who opposed railways on visual and social grounds having seen their land divided by canals. Construction involved millions of bricks or blocks of stone for sufficiently thick walls to withstand collapse. However, the entrance barely seen from the carriage window might be an impressive Italianate arch as at Primrose Hill, or a castellated portal worthy of the Middle Ages as at Bramhope. This book sets out to tell the story of tunnelling in Britain up to about 1870, when it was a question of burrowing through earth and rock with spade and explosive powder, with the constant danger of collapse or flooding leading to injury and death. It uses contemporary accounts, from the dangers of railway travel by Dickens to the excitement of being drawn through the Liverpool Wapping Tunnel by the young composer Mendelssoln. It includes descriptions from early railway company guide books, newspapers and diaries. It also includes numerous photographs and colored architectural elevations from railway archives.
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1399049445
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
To the early railway traveller, the prospect of travelling to places in hours rather than days hitherto was an inviting prospect, however a journey was not without its fears as well as excitement. To some, the prospect of travelling through a tunnel without carriage lighting, with smoke permeating the compartment and the confined noise was a horror of the new age. What might happen if we broke down or crashed into another train in the darkness? To others it was exciting, with the light from the footplate flickering against the tunnel walls or spotting the occasional glimpses of light from a ventilation shaft. To the directors of early railway companies, planning a route was governed by expense and the most direct way. Avoiding hills could add miles but tunnelling through them could involve vast expense as the Great Western Railway found at Box and the London and Birmingham at Kilsby. Creating a cutting as an alternative was also costly not only in labour and time, but also in compensation for landowners, who opposed railways on visual and social grounds having seen their land divided by canals. Construction involved millions of bricks or blocks of stone for sufficiently thick walls to withstand collapse. However, the entrance barely seen from the carriage window might be an impressive Italianate arch as at Primrose Hill, or a castellated portal worthy of the Middle Ages as at Bramhope. This book sets out to tell the story of tunnelling in Britain up to about 1870, when it was a question of burrowing through earth and rock with spade and explosive powder, with the constant danger of collapse or flooding leading to injury and death. It uses contemporary accounts, from the dangers of railway travel by Dickens to the excitement of being drawn through the Liverpool Wapping Tunnel by the young composer Mendelssoln. It includes descriptions from early railway company guide books, newspapers and diaries. It also includes numerous photographs and colored architectural elevations from railway archives.
The Midland Railway: Its Rise and Progress
Author: Frederick Smeeton Williams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108050360
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 731
Book Description
This lively historical account, first published in 1876, portrays the early struggles and development of Britain's first large-scale railway amalgamation.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108050360
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 731
Book Description
This lively historical account, first published in 1876, portrays the early struggles and development of Britain's first large-scale railway amalgamation.
The Impact of Railways on Victorian Cities
Author: John R. Kellett
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135680876
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
The arrival of the railway was one of the most far reaching events in the history of the Victorian city. The present study, based upon detailed case histories of Britain's five largest cities (London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester and Liverpool), shows how the railways gave Victorian cities their compact shape, influenced topography and character of their central districts, and determines the nature of suburban expansion. This book was first published in 1969.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135680876
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
The arrival of the railway was one of the most far reaching events in the history of the Victorian city. The present study, based upon detailed case histories of Britain's five largest cities (London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester and Liverpool), shows how the railways gave Victorian cities their compact shape, influenced topography and character of their central districts, and determines the nature of suburban expansion. This book was first published in 1969.
The Midland Railway
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Railways and the Western European Capitals
Author: M. Nilsen
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230615775
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
This book looks at the effect of railways on London, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin, focusing on each city as a case study for one aspect of implantation.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230615775
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
This book looks at the effect of railways on London, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin, focusing on each city as a case study for one aspect of implantation.