Book Description
A nostalgic look back at Swansea's docks in the 1960s.
Author : Mark Lee Inman
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 10,5 MB
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 144566593X
A nostalgic look back at Swansea's docks in the 1960s.
Author : Mark Lee Inman
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,26 MB
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1445665859
A nostalgic look back at the docks of London the 1960s.
Author : David Gwynn
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 47,82 MB
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0750995866
Much has changed in Swansea over the years and this short but comprehensive history chronicles the development of the city from the earliest times to today. The Little History of Swansea traces the growth of the medieval town, the rise of the Port of Swansea, the industrial heritage of the area and the fate that befell the town during the Second World War. Here you can read about the odd and unusual happenings, as well as the more traditional history that has made the city what it is today.
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher :
Page : 998 pages
File Size : 36,59 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Contains the 4th session of the 28th Parliament through the session of the Parliament.
Author : David Maidment
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 17,2 MB
Release : 2023-12-07
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1399095447
This book is a comprehensive history of the four coupled tank engines absorbed by the Great Western Railway – locomotives of nine Broad Gauge companies, nineteen Standard Gauge companies, mainly in the South West which became part of the GWR between the 1870s and 1914, and a further eighteen companies, mainly in South Wales absorbed by the GWR in 1922 and 1923 at the formation of the ‘Big Four’ Grouping. The locomotives described and illustrated range from the 4-4-0 Broad Gauge saddle tanks of the South Devon and Bristol & Exeter Railways to the large 4-4-4 tank locomotives of the Midland & South Western Junction Railway, not forgetting the numerous and varied 0-4-0 pug saddle tanks of the Swansea Harbour Trust and the Powlesland & Mason company. The book includes thirty-two weight diagrams and nearly 200 photographs, many of exotic and rare locomotives.
Author : Garrie L. Kingsbury
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 21,53 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Hazardous waste sites
ISBN :
Author : John Peter Thomas
Publisher : novum pro Verlag
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 11,34 MB
Release : 2020-08-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3990647091
Over about 200 years, up until the 1930s, the open valley of the River Tawe became one of the most heavily industrialised areas of the developed world. The 'Holy Grail' which lay beneath the lands of Graig Trewyddfa, in Swansea, locally known as the 'Great Penvilia Five Foot Vein', was renowned for its quality; smelting metals, at the time, required more than three parts of coal to every one of metal ore, so this was of major economic benefit. Mining the Penvilian coal brought about its own problems - use of child labour, serious accidents, flooding and explosions. It became apparent in the mid-1880s that it was cheaper to smelt ores at the source, rather than ship them to Swansea; this led to the gradual cessation of copper smelting and closing of most coal mines in the Swansea area.
Author : John Hannavy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 38,47 MB
Release : 2011-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0747808570
The coastline of Victorian and Edwardian Britain provided beauty, entertainment and the venue for most people's holidays. But it was also a thriving centre of industry shipbuilding and fishing, plus the numerous trades associated with dockyards, coastal transport and the leisure industry. This book travels around Britain's coast clockwise from London looking at the industries that could be found at many of the cities and towns en route. Illustrated with an amazing collection of coloured postcards and other early photographs, the working coast of Britain is brought to life in all its bustling detail.
Author : Philip S. Rainbow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 767 pages
File Size : 48,23 MB
Release : 2018-08-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1108470939
Without trace metals there would be no life, yet trace metals can eliminate life. Where, why and so what?
Author : Stephen Hughes
Publisher : RCAHMW
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 39,82 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Industrial archaeology
ISBN : 1871184010
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales has a leading national role in developing and promoting understanding of the archaeological, built and maritime heritage of Wales, as the originator, curator and supplier of authoritative information for individual, corporate and governmental decision makers, researchers, and the general public.