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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
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The Nottingham and Derby Railway Companion
Author: History of Rail Transport in Great Britain
Author: The Midland Counties' Railway Companion
Author: Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire
Author: Thoroton SocietyPublisher:
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Category : Nottinghamshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
List of members in each volume.
The Midland counties railway companion. Also, guides to the London and Birmingham, and Birmingham and Derby junction railways
Author: Midland counties railwayPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The Early History of Railway Tunnels
Author: Hubert PragnellPublisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1399049429
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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.
A Descriptive Catalogue of Books Relating to Nottinghamshire in the Library of James Ward
Author: James WardPublisher:
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Category : Nottinghamshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Neddytown: A History of Draycott and Church Wilne
Author: Richard GuisePublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291736522
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
The Derbyshire villages of Draycott and Church Wilne have dozed quietly beside the left bank of the Derwent for more than a thousand years, barely registering a mention even in the history of the area. But have things really been as quiet as that? What about the case of the dodgy 18th-century vicar? The flying corpse? The combustible cricketer? And more disastrous, but unexplained, fires than you could shake a stick at. No, things are definitely not as quiet as they seem down by the Derwent. And anyway, why are the local inhabitants known as 'Neddies'?
The Midland Counties Railway Companion, with Topographical Descriptions, ... and Time, Fare, and Distance Tables Corrected to the 24th August. Also, Complete Guides to the London and Birmingham, and Birmingham and Derby Junction Railways. Numerous Illustrations. [With a Map.]
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Author: MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Book of British Topography
Author: John Parker AndersonPublisher:
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Category : British Isles
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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