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Author : Alan Blower
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (44 download)
Download or read book British Railway Tunnels written by Alan Blower and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : ALLAN C. BAKER
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ISBN 13 : 9781911038627
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (386 download)
Download or read book HARECASTLE'S CANAL AND RAILWAY TUNNELS. written by ALLAN C. BAKER and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hubert Pragnell
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1399049429
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book The Early History of Railway Tunnels written by Hubert Pragnell and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2024-08-30 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : David Bownes
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300245793
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Hidden London written by David Bownes and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel under the streets of London with this lavishly illustrated exploration of abandoned, modified, and reused Underground tunnels, stations, and architecture.
Author : Vicki Pipe
Publisher : September Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1912836297
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (128 download)
Download or read book Great British Railways written by Vicki Pipe and published by September Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a journey of discovery and explore the top 50 things to see and do on Great British railways. Find the rarest train routes, learn about the railways' people and animal friends, marvel at iconic stations, whizz over amazing bridges, steam through tremendous tunnels and visit the most spectacular railway sights. You can: - Ride across dramatic viaducts. - Visit Britain's busiest railway hub and its least-used station. - Stop at Britain's highest station. - Meet the railway cats and dogs.This lively, interactive book will inspire children – and adults – to seize the moment and explore the wonderful world of Great Britain's railways. Written by Vicki Pipe with additional fun facts from Geoff Marshall, the dynamic duo behind the YouTube channel's All the Stations and authors of The Railway Adventures.
Author : Terry Gourvish
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134165447
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)
Download or read book The Official History of Britain and the Channel Tunnel written by Terry Gourvish and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commissioned by the Cabinet Office and using hitherto untapped British Government records, this book presents an in-depth analysis of the successful project of 1986-94. This is a vivid portrayal of the complexities of quadripartite decision-making (two countries, plus the public and private sectors), revealing new insights into the role of the British and French Governments in the process. This important book, written by Britain’s leading transport historian, will be essential reading for all those interested in PPPs, British and European economic history and international relations. The building of the Channel Tunnel has been one of Europe’s major projects and a testimony to British-French and public-private sector collaboration. However, Eurotunnel’s current financial crisis provides a sobering backcloth for an examination of the British Government’s long-term flirtation with the project, and, in particular, the earlier Tunnel project in the 1960s and early 1970s, which was abandoned by the British Government in 1975.
Author : Christian Wolmar
Publisher : Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1848872615
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)
Download or read book Fire and Steam written by Christian Wolmar and published by Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, Fire and Steam tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's first railway network, one of the most impressive engineering achievements in history. The opening of the pioneering Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of the railways' vital role in changing the face of Britain. Fire and Steam celebrates the vision and determination of the ambitious Victorian pioneers who developed this revolutionary transport system and the navvies who cut through the land to enable a country-wide network to emerge. The rise of the steam train allowed goods and people to circulate around Britain as never before, stimulating the growth of towns and industry, as well many of the facets of modern life, from fish and chips to professional football. From the early days of steam to electrification, via the railways' magnificent contribution in two world wars, the checkered history of British Rail, and the buoyant future of the train, Fire and Steam examines the social and economical importance of the railway and how it helped to form the Britain of today.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Railway Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Railway Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Urban Transportation Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Long
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN 13 : 1782433775
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (824 download)
Download or read book Bizarre England written by David Long and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From weird buildings to eccentric museums and from mystical superstitions to remnants of magical rites, this is a guide to England like no other.
Author : Thomas Walker
Publisher : Hansebooks
ISBN 13 : 9783348100281
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Severn Tunnel written by Thomas Walker and published by Hansebooks. This book was released on 2023-07-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Severn Tunnel - It's construction and difficulties 1872 - 1887 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1887. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 854 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Railway Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Chatterton
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1398100293
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (981 download)
Download or read book Britain's Road Tunnels written by Mark Chatterton and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story behind Britain's road tunnels. Well-known tunnels like the Dartford Tunnel, the Clyde Tunnel and the Mersey Tunnel are all included.
Author : E. A. Labrum
Publisher : Thomas Telford
ISBN 13 : 9780727719706
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (197 download)
Download or read book Civil Engineering Heritage written by E. A. Labrum and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 1994 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain has a heritage of civil engineering works unrivalled anywhere. The skills of past engineers are in evidence throughout the land in the infrastructure. This work is suitable for the technical and non-technical reader, and the area covered in it reaches from the Humber to the Thames and from East Anglia to central England.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book British Almanac and Family Cyclopaedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers written by Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
