The London and Birmingham railway guide. By J.W.W.
Author : Joseph W. Wyld
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Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,60 MB
Release : 1838
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Author : Joseph W. Wyld
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Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,60 MB
Release : 1838
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Author : J. W. W.
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Page : 222 pages
File Size : 32,30 MB
Release : 1838
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Author : J. W. W.
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Page : 222 pages
File Size : 14,4 MB
Release : 1838
Category : England
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Page : 502 pages
File Size : 36,91 MB
Release : 1891
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Author : Hubert Pragnell
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 14,52 MB
Release : 2024-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1399049429
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.
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Page : 778 pages
File Size : 28,86 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Books
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Author : Avero Publications Limited
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Page : 560 pages
File Size : 40,69 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780907977414
Author : British Library
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Page : 1070 pages
File Size : 16,52 MB
Release : 1946
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Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Page : 1068 pages
File Size : 22,91 MB
Release : 1946
Category : English literature
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Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Page : 534 pages
File Size : 10,60 MB
Release : 1964
Category : English imprints
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