Canals and Railways in British Landscape
Author | : C.A. Buchanan |
Publisher | : B. T. Batsford Limited |
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Release | : 1999-07-01 |
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ISBN | : 9780713468915 |
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Author | : C.A. Buchanan |
Publisher | : B. T. Batsford Limited |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1999-07-01 |
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ISBN | : 9780713468915 |
Author | : Michael M. Chrimes |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2017-09-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1351892630 |
Between 1750 and 1850 the British landscape was transformed by a transport revolution which involved engineering works on a scale not seen in Europe since Roman times. While the economic background of the canal and railway ages are relatively well known and many histories have been written about the locomotives which ran on the railways, relatively little has been published on how the engineering works themselves were made possible. This book brings together a series of papers which seek to answer the questions of how canals and railways were built, how the engineers responsible organised the works, how they were designed and what the role of the contractors was in the process.
Author | : Gordon Biddle |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2016-08-31 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 147386237X |
The growth of railways was a major influence in transforming Britain's landscape. This book examines how they brought about physical changes to towns, the country and coast, and had a profound affect that is still visible today, especially on the shape and size of our towns and cities.In his book, Gordon Biddle begins by examining how railway routes transformed the rural scene and there effect on the economy, followed by an appraisal of there accompanying buildings such as stations, houses, signal boxes and yards following the changes in nineteenth-century architectural taste. He goes on to look at the impact of railways build along or near the coast, and their strong influence on the growth of seaside resorts and ports. He then turns to townscape, describing in turn the physical effect on London, other large cities, smaller towns and suburban growth.Also included are chapters on places the railways themselves created, from new towns to villages around a station or junction; the still-visible remains of abandoned railway, not only those that followed mass closures of the 1960s, but many long-standing that date back to the nineteenth century; twentieth- and twenty-first century developments that have continued to impact on the rural and urban scene; and a comparison of contemporary illustrations of an early main line in 1838 with its appearance today.
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Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Canals |
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Author | : Joseph Priestley |
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Total Pages | : 750 |
Release | : 1831 |
Genre | : Canals |
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Author | : Edwin A. Pratt |
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Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 1905 |
Genre | : Canals |
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Author | : Hercules (pseud.) |
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Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1884 |
Genre | : Canals |
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Author | : Francis Pryor |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 754 |
Release | : 2010-06-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 014194336X |
This is the changing story of Britain as it has been preserved in our fields, roads, buildings, towns and villages, mountains, forests and islands. From our suburban streets that still trace out the boundaries of long vanished farms to the Norfolk Broads, formed when medieval peat pits flooded, from the ceremonial landscapes of Stonehenge to the spread of the railways - evidence of how man's effect on Britain is everywhere. In The Making of the British Landscape, eminent historian, archaeologist and farmer, Francis Pryor explains how to read these clues to understand the fascinating history of our land and of how people have lived on it throughout time. Covering both the urban and rural and packed with pictures, maps and drawings showing everything from how we can still pick out Bronze Age fields on Bodmin Moor to how the Industrial Revolution really changed our landscape, this book makes us look afresh at our surroundings and really see them for the first time.
Author | : Dr Michael Reed *Nfa* |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2002-11-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1134728042 |
First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author | : Robin Coombes |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 131 |
Release | : 2018-08-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 144568232X |
A breathtaking selection of photographs showcasing railway journeys as a part of the British landscape.