Author: Michael Jonathan Taunton Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Narrow gauge railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
The Pentewan Railway, 1829-1918
Author: Michael Jonathan Taunton Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Narrow gauge railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Narrow gauge railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
The Coming of the Railway
Author: David Gwyn
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030027145X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The first global history of the epic early days of the iron railway Railways, in simple wooden or stone form, have existed since prehistory. But from the 1750s onward the introduction of iron rails led to a dramatic technological evolution—one that would truly change the world. In this rich new history, David Gwyn tells the neglected story of the early iron railway from a global perspective. Driven by a combination of ruthless enterprise, brilliant experimenters, and international cooperation, railway construction began to expand across the world with astonishing rapidity. From Britain to Australia, Russia to America, railways would bind together cities, nations, and entire continents. Rail was a tool of industry and empire as well as, eventually, passenger transport, and developments in technology occurred at breakneck speed—even if the first locomotive in America could muster only 6 mph. The Coming of the Railway explores these fascinating developments, documenting the early railway’s outsize social, political, and economic impact—carving out the shape of the global economy as we know it today.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030027145X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The first global history of the epic early days of the iron railway Railways, in simple wooden or stone form, have existed since prehistory. But from the 1750s onward the introduction of iron rails led to a dramatic technological evolution—one that would truly change the world. In this rich new history, David Gwyn tells the neglected story of the early iron railway from a global perspective. Driven by a combination of ruthless enterprise, brilliant experimenters, and international cooperation, railway construction began to expand across the world with astonishing rapidity. From Britain to Australia, Russia to America, railways would bind together cities, nations, and entire continents. Rail was a tool of industry and empire as well as, eventually, passenger transport, and developments in technology occurred at breakneck speed—even if the first locomotive in America could muster only 6 mph. The Coming of the Railway explores these fascinating developments, documenting the early railway’s outsize social, political, and economic impact—carving out the shape of the global economy as we know it today.
The Redruth and Chasewater Railway, 1824-1915
Author: Denys Bradford Barton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cornwall (England : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cornwall (England : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
The Railway Magazine
The Railway Enthusiast's Guide to Railway Societies and Clubs, Museums, Preserved Locomotives, Railway Books and Periodicals, Etc., Etc. in Over 40 Countries
Author: P. M. E. Erwood
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
The Hatchett Diary
Author: Charles Hatchett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Railways; a Readers Guide
Author: Eric Thomas Bryant
Publisher: [Hamden, Conn.] : Archon Books
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher: [Hamden, Conn.] : Archon Books
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A Bibliography of British Railway History
Author:
Publisher: London : Allen & Unwin
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Publisher: London : Allen & Unwin
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Cornish Mining
Author: Bryan Earl
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description