RailwaysBorn in Dundee in 1816, by 1840 Sutrrock was involved with Brunel and Gooch in running the Great Western Railway's Locomotive department at Paddington and subsequently in establishing the company's major works and new town at Swindon. Written by his great-great-grandson, Tony Vernon, this intimate ... | |
RailwaysThis is the first in a series of three volumes examining the achievements and legacy of Brunel in South Wales (Reaching into Mid- and North Wales, Bristol and the borders), beginning with the historic background of Merthyr ironworks and Richard Trevithick. It will look at railways docks, piers and ... | |
RailwaysThe bicentenary events of 2006, marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of the most innovative of all Victorian Engineers, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, has raised the profile of the engineer. Much of the spotlight on his achievements, however, has fallen outside Wales, concentrating on Bristol and ... | |
TramsAs trams and other light rapid transit systems make a comeback in many British cities this volume, the first of three, looks at all the tramways that have operated in the towns and cities of southern England and the Channel Islands. From the 1870s to the 1950s, trams were a common sight in many ... | |
RailwaysThe fall of the Dee bridge in May 1847 was one of the first major railway disasters in Britain. It occurred just outside Chester with the loss of Five lives. The Line had only been opened six months before, and chief engineer Robert Stephenson was nationally slated (and virtually accused of ... | |
Waterways, MaritimeThis book completes Mike Taylor's three-volume coverage of craft on the Humber's inland waterways. Volume one dealt with tugs and towing barges and volume two with tanker barges. This final instalment concentrates on the story of the dry cargo barges that plied the Humber waterways from the early ... | |
RailwaysA further volume where the author examines shipping services through their publicity. The connection by rail to ports at Tilbury, Harwich and on the Humber during British Railways days is the theme with this direct railway involvement having connections to Scandinavia and the Continent. The wealth ... | |
Other, Maritime, Railways, TramsTakes a look at the various forms of transport used in Hull, starting from the 1880s. Also including a detailed look at Hull's bridges (including the Humber Bridge) as well as trams, ferries and trolleybuses, this book is useful for anyone interested in both transport history and that of the area | |
RailwaysThis is the story of the railways in Scotland in the 25 year period before nationalisation. In 1923 most British railway companies merged into four large groups; two of these had lines in Scotland. Controlled from London, the LMS and the LNER were to have a profound effect on transport north of the ... | |
RailwaysThis is the story of the railways which served numerous stone quarry companies around the country. Over many years these companies developed into one of the world's largest international corporations, Hanson Aggregates. The small firms that merged were stone extractive companies that had produced ... | |
RailwaysOver the years railways have seen a diverse mix of traffic and many unusual events have occurred. There have been special services for Glastonbury Festival Goers, consignments as varied as boilers and bees, rural branches like the ‘Crab & Winkle' and the ‘Strawberry line', trains to carry corpses, ... | |
Railways, OtherIt was the longest bridge in the world - a true wonder of the time - but within a year it had collapsed. The Tay Railway Bridge was to have been the pinnacle of a career spent building railways and bridges in England and Scotland. When the bridge came crashing down on that fateful night in December ... | |
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