Author: Hugh Hollinghurst Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 1445645165 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 193
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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Liverpool’s railways have changed and developed over the last century.
Author: Anthony Dawson Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport ISBN: 1473899141 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 300
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What day-to-day life was like for those who traveled and worked on the world’s first intercity railway in early nineteenth-century England. Much has been written about the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, especially how it came into being and the Rainhill Trials, but very little has been said about what happened after the grand opening on 15 September 1830. Drawing on years of research, and practical experience of working with the replica of Stephenson’s Planet at Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry, this book shows how the Liverpool & Manchester Railway worked in its day-to-day operations, including passenger and goods working, timetabling, signaling, and when things went wrong. Chapters describe what it was like to work and travel on the railway, and study the evolution of passenger accommodation and working and safety practices. Finally the book looks at how the Liverpool & Manchester fits into the wider picture, how its operational practices and rules and regulations became the basis of national practices in 1841.
Author: Anthony Dawson Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport ISBN: 1526763990 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 546
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The Liverpool & Manchester Railway was Britain’s first mainline, intercity railway; opened in 1830 it was at the cutting edge of railway technology. Engineered by George Stephenson and his team – John Dixon, William Allcard, Joseph Locke – the project faced many obstacles both before and after opening, including local opposition and the choice of motive power, resulting in the Rainhill Trials of 1829. Much of the success of the line can be attributed to the excellence of its engineering but also its fleet of pioneering locomotives built by Robert Stephenson & Co. of Newcastle. This is the story of those locomotives, and the men who worked on them, at a time when the locomotive was still in its infancy. Using extensive archival research, coupled with lessons learned from operating early replica locomotives such as Rocket and Planet, Anthony Dawson explores how the locomotive rapidly developed in response to the demands of the first intercity railway, and some of the technological dead ends along the way.
Author: Mike Hitches Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 1445626241 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 190
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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Wolverhampton's railways have changed and developed over the last century
Author: Ray Shill Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 1445644312 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 185
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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the West Midlands Railways have changed and developed over the last century.
Author: Simon Garfield Publisher: ISBN: 9780571216086 Category : Railroad accidents Languages : en Pages : 244
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From the author of Mauve comes a dramatic and hugely readable account of the day which saw the dawning of the railway age - and the first railway accident
Author: Christian Wolmar Publisher: Atlantic Books ISBN: 1848872615 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 332
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Now in paperback, Fire and Steam tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's first railway network, one of the most impressive engineering achievements in history. The opening of the pioneering Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of the railways' vital role in changing the face of Britain. Fire and Steam celebrates the vision and determination of the ambitious Victorian pioneers who developed this revolutionary transport system and the navvies who cut through the land to enable a country-wide network to emerge. The rise of the steam train allowed goods and people to circulate around Britain as never before, stimulating the growth of towns and industry, as well many of the facets of modern life, from fish and chips to professional football. From the early days of steam to electrification, via the railways' magnificent contribution in two world wars, the checkered history of British Rail, and the buoyant future of the train, Fire and Steam examines the social and economical importance of the railway and how it helped to form the Britain of today.
Author: Mike Hitches Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 1445637154 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 162
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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Anglesey Railways have changed and developed over the last century.
Author: David John Douglass Publisher: ISBN: 9781781550618 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 224
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A History of the Liverpool Waterfront 1850-1890: The Struggle for Organisation is a comprehensive portrait of labor relations at the port of Liverpool in the second half of the nineteenth century. After a short introductory background to nascent labor organizations from earlier times, it details the history of dockland labor and the persistent efforts of Merseyside workers to achieve union organization. In the times when the waterfront was packed with a 'forest of masts', before steam finally ousted the wind jammer, this book documents the struggles of the workers and the changes that took place; including detailed descriptions of the increased use of mechanization in loading and unloading goods. Based on the experience of Liverpool workers of the marine and waterfront-a high proportion of whom were of Irish descent-this book challenges long established labor history theories of 'New Unionism' and the alleged inability of unskilled laboring classes to organize themselves. It breaks new ground in understanding the way in which workers organized and built self-reliance. Many of these workers united in a common cause whether temporarily, or as we see in some examples, surviving from the mid-nineteenth Century until their absorption into the modern unions in existence today. As well as being a powerful study of labor relations, David Douglass vividly recreates the hustle and bustle of life on the docks in Victorian Liverpool, where at its height eighteen thousand men earned their living in at the dockside
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