Midland Railway: Its Rise and Progress - A Narrative of Modern Enterprise

Klappentext This lively historical account, first published in 1876, portrays the early struggles and development of Britain's first large-scale railway amalgamation. Zusammenfassung Frederick Smeeton Williams (1829–86) was a Congregational minister and pioneering railway historian. This book, first published in 1876, is a lively historical account of the Midland Railway's early development, particularly valuable for its contemporary description of the building of the notoriously difficult but beautifully scenic Settle and Carlisle line. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The Midland Counties railway; 2. The North Midland railway; 3. The Birmingham and Derby railway; 4. The Birmingham and Bristol railways; 5. Leicester to Swannington, Peterborough and Bedford; 6. Temporary rise, culmination, and decline of prosperity; 7. Extensions to Manchester and London; 8. New lines to Sheffield, Bath and Liverpool; 9. Settle and Carlisle railway projected; 10. Amalgamation with Glasgow and South Westerm proposed; 11. Conflict with Great Northern company; 12. Lines to Knottingley, Wigan, and Swansea; 13. Lines from London to Manchester described; 14. Lines from Trent to Barrow-in-Furness described; 15. Settle and Carlisle line described; 16. Line from Derby to Bath and Bristol described; 17. Notts, Leicestershire and western lines described; 18. Shareholders, directors, and executive establishments, etc.; Appendix; Index; List of subscribers.

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• Authors: Frederick Smeeton Williams, Frederick Smeeton Williams
• Assisted by: Frederick Smeeton Williams (Editor), Smeeton Williams Frederick (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.04.2012
• EAN: 9781108050364
• ISBN: 978-1-108-05036-4
• No. of pages: 730
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Midlands, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation, Economic history, Transport industries, Railway transport industries