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Author : J. D. C. A. Prideaux
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Irish Narrow Gauge Railway written by J. D. C. A. Prideaux and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hugh Oram
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781840337907
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (379 download)
Download or read book Ireland's Largest Industrial Railway written by Hugh Oram and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Mervyn Patterson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book A History of the Narrow-gauge Railways of North-east Ireland: The Ballymena Lines written by Edward Mervyn Patterson and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Mervyn Patterson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book A History of the Narrow-gauge Railways of North-east Ireland: The Ballycastle Railway written by Edward Mervyn Patterson and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Mervyn Patterson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A History of the Narrow-gauge Railways of North-west Ireland written by Edward Mervyn Patterson and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chris Ford
Publisher : Crowood
ISBN 13 : 184797936X
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (479 download)
Download or read book Modelling Narrow Gauge Railways in Small Scales written by Chris Ford and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2015-05-31 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This invaluable book is essential reading for all those who wish to build a small, narrow gauge model railway layout to a high standard. Comprehensive in its coverage, the book begins with a useful summary of the history and development of narrow gauge railways in the British Isles, and this is followed by a detailed, but easily digestible, consideration of the complex and wide choice of scales available to the modeller. In subsequent chapters, the author covers all aspects of construction, including materials and tools, skills and techniques, layout design, laying the track, scenic modelling, painting, soldering and wiring, as well as the construction of narrow gauge stock and appropriate buildings. The author provides clear, step-by-step instructions and photographs to show the reader how to build a straightforward narrow gauge model of a fictitious late 19th to early 20th century light railway in 4mm scale on 9mm track. He also suggests how the methods he has used can be adapted to other scales and briefly explains, by way of example, how they can be transferred directly to 7mm scale. Fully illustrated with 223 colour photographs and also included are several working sketches.
Author : Charles John Thomas Carson
Publisher : Cambria Press
ISBN 13 : 1604976357
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Technology and the Big House in Ireland, C. 1800-c. 1930 written by Charles John Thomas Carson and published by Cambria Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the beginning of the nineteenth century, over ninety-five percent of all the productive land in Ireland was in the hands of Anglo-Irish landowners. They lived in the 'big houses', some of which still exist today, resplendent within their walled estates. Many others are now only gaunt ruins silhouetted against somber Irish skies, victims of 'the troubles' in the 1920s. There is a continuing fascination with the history of the big house in Ireland. Much of this interest stems from the Anglo-Irish living in places apart, in their estates, often in remote areas of an undeveloped and hostile land. Part of the appeal is in the characters, neither wholly English nor Irish, who made up this landowning class in Ireland. However, another part, largely ignored until this study, is how many of these landowners not only met these challenges but achieved remarkable levels of self-sufficiency. It was their exploitation of technology that hugely bolstered their status and independence and enabled them to lead an exotic lifestyle in Ireland. Although much has been written regarding the social and political history of the Anglo-Irish in Ireland, little research has been conducted into the practical problems of living there. At a time when there were few roads, no railways, and sailing ships were the unreliable connection with England, existence might have been very basic indeed. Charles Carson uncovers and explains in simple terms the technologies employed, to not only make life bearable, but in some case to become a triumph over seemingly impossible odds. An appreciation of this background helps to explain the sense of status and independence that emanates from the big house in Ireland until their demise in the late twentieth century. Interdisciplinary investigative methods were used in this work. These included extensive archival research of estate papers throughout Ireland; fieldwork involving examination and photography of still-extant big house technology; and the use of published fictional and biographical big house material. Much additional insight, and suggestions for further research, resulted from visits to various big house locations. Owners, often descendants of the original families, or managers and ground staff, provided important local knowledge. Climbing amongst stored artefacts in cellars, barns, and subterranean tunnels helped to bring the past alive. Something of the ambiance of these explorations informs this book, thus helping towards an understanding of the fundamental importance of technology in underpinning the status and independence of the big house in Ireland. By examining the range, costs, and changing nature of the technologies employed, this book makes an important contribution to a deeper understanding of life in the big house in Ireland circa 1800 to circa 1930. Brief descriptions, accompanied by drawings or photographs, are employed to explain the operation, limitations, and improvements of many of the installations and techniques. These include water closets, pumps, cisterns, boilers, and firefighting equipment; open fires, hot air stoves, and central heating; walled gardens, hot walls and beds, warm air, steam, and hot water heating of glasshouses; the construction, location, stocking, and use of ice houses and ice; daylight enhancement, candle, oil, gas, and electric lighting; an optical telegraph, a church spire, engine driven equipment on the estate farm as well as mapping of bogs and their reclamation by wooden railways. Technology and the Big House in Ireland, c. 1800-c. 1930 is an important reference source for Irish study groups worldwide.
Author : Ernie Shepherd
Publisher : Ian Allan Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781857801989
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway written by Ernie Shepherd and published by Ian Allan Publishing. This book was released on 2005-05-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third Midland title written by well known railway author is a history of this interesting Irish railway company which served the west of Cork, Ireland's largest county. The CB&SCR was one of the 'big four' constituents which formed the Great Southern Railways at the Irish grouping in 1925. The system operated over about 100 route miles and like so many Irish companies its history was complex and the finances were fraught at times. This is a full history with photos rather than a photographic book. It will take the story of these Cork lines up from their promotion to the closures of the 1960s. Companies which had associations with the CB&SCR, such as the Schull & Skibbereen narrow gauge line, will also be considered. Separate chapters deal with essential topics such as locomotives, including the only US built engines ever to run in Ireland, and rolling stock, the course of the line, accidents, and hotels and steamer services. It is hoped to include some scale drawings of locomotives and rolling stock for the benefit of modellers. Much of the essential reference material will be contained in the appendices at the end of the book.This will enable the narrative to flow and make the text more readable. This book will fill one of the few remaining gaps in Irish railway history. It will achive its commercial success, as have all the other Midland Irish railway titles, by selling into two distinct markets. There will be a strong local interest sale in Ireland with another market being found in the broader railway enthusiast community thoughout the British Isles.
Author : Anthony Burton
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473859948
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book The Light Railways of Britain & Ireland written by Anthony Burton and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1985 by Moorland Press, The Light Railways of Britain & Ireland has remained unavailable for more than twenty-five years, until now. Re-released by Pen & Sword, this is a thorough and engaging book that covers, in depth, the fascinating story of Britain's last railway development, the Rural light railways, constructed as a result of the Light Railways Act 1896.Rigorously detailed, it charts the overall history of the last great railway boom in Britain the light railway boom from 1896, to the beginning of the Great War in 1914. During this period a large number of narrow and standard gauge lines were constructed in both Britain and Ireland, in order to serve and open up areas in both countries that, at the time, lacked adequate transport links. This book tells the story of how these lines were constructed and why, in most cases, they eventually failed, due to post-First World War road competition.Authored by two highly acclaimed writers of transport history, this is a true testament to, and a timely reminder of, Britain's last railway development.
Author : Michael Harris
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445694662
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book On the British Narrow Gauge written by Michael Harris and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the fascinating history of the narrow gauge, including as passenger carrier, industrial motive power and on preserved tourist lines.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Irish Builder and Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Alan McCutcheon
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 0838631258
Total Pages : 635 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (386 download)
Download or read book The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland written by William Alan McCutcheon and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major study of the growth and decline of transport and industry in Ulster, this extremely detailed and comprehensive book throws new light on the infrastructure of corn grinding, spade forging, paper making, and other industries, and examines the mechanics of early road, bridge, and canal construction, more than 850 photographs and charts are contained in this volume.
Author : Tom Ferris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780856405174
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)
Download or read book The Irish Narrow Gauge: From Cork to Cavan written by Tom Ferris and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Lloyd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780951330005
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Irish Narrow Gauge written by David Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : F. H. A. Aalen
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 0802042945
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape written by F. H. A. Aalen and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lush and green, the beauty of Ireland's landscape is legendary. "The Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape" has harnessed the expertise of dozens of specialists to produce an exciting and pioneering study which aims to increase understanding and appreciation for the landscape as an important element of Irish national heritage, and to provide a much needed basis for an understanding of landscape conservation and planning. Essentially cartographic in approach, the Atlas is supplemented by diagrams, photographs, paintings, and explanatory text. Regional case studies, covering the whole of Ireland from north to south, are included, along with historical background. The impact of human civilization upon Ireland's geography and environment is well documented, and the contributors to the Atlas deal with contemporary changes in the landscape resulting from developments in Irish agriculture, forestry, bog exploitation, tourism, housing, urban expansion, and other forces. "The Atlas of the Rural Irish Landscape" is a book which aims to educate and inform the general reader and student about the relationship between human activity and the landscape. It is a richly illustrated, beautifully written, and immensely authoritative work that will be the guide to Ireland's geography for many years to come.
Author : Trains Staff and Contributors
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781627008273
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Tourist Trains Guidebook, Eighth Edition written by Trains Staff and Contributors and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Desmond Keenan
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465318704
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (653 download)
Download or read book Ireland 1850-1920 written by Desmond Keenan and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2005-05-11 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about the history of Ireland. It is not a history of various groups backed by American money who sought the independence of Ireland. Such histories have been written in the past, largely with the aim of extracting more money from their American financial backers. Writers of such books never felt constrained to tell ‘the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth’. This book is the fifth in a series of books on various periods of Irish history in which I aimed to do just that. This book had its origin when the author was glancing through an English translation of Adolf Hitler’s book Mein Kampf. He was so struck by Hitler’s account of German history before, during, and after the First World War that he went and bought the book. What amazed him was its resemblance to the version of Irish history that he had been taught in Irish schools. There was no question of either side borrowing directly from the other, but equally obviously both were drawing on a common set of ideas and used a common method of exposition. Further study showed that both exposed a racist view of history and believed in the Darwinian struggle of the races. Both regarded their countries as subjected by alien races who destroyed the pure native culture. Both attributed every evil in their respective societies to these malign evil influences. Both saw that the alien races would have to be expelled from their countries so that their countries could again prosper when their native cultures were restored. Protestant landlords in Ireland had the same place in Irish racist propaganda and political mythology that the Jews had in Nazi political mythology. Most Irish boys of the author’s generation had, like Hitler, come across an inspiring teacher of history who inspired them to nationalism with his one-sided stories of Irish wrongs at the hands of the English. Having realised that the standard version of Irish history was vitiated in its roots the problem arose as to how a version of Irish history could be written which was fair to all parties involved. Many excellent books and monographs on various parts of Irish history have been written, and he has drawn on them considerably in this book. It is noticeable that the further the subject of an historical study is from the present the easier it is to be objective, and the less controversy there is. There are two main themes in this period of Irish history. The first is the growth of Ireland into a modern industrial society. The other is the struggle of principally the Catholic middle classes to wrest control of Ireland, specifically the corruption and racketeering, from the Protestants. Ireland by 1850 was already a well-developed modern society, more advanced than most countries in Europe. The period up to 1920 was one of increasing prosperity, and increasing social improvement. Every new development in the various aspects of society, industry, agriculture, communications, science and education, social improvements were all adopted. The propaganda picture of an impoverished and down-trodden Catholic peasantry crushed by an alien state is shown to be false. At the same time the rosy-tinted picture of brave disinterested young men going out to fight for Ireland’s freedom from a foreign oppressor is shown to be equally false. Neither their objectives namely to control the rackets, nor their methods namely terrorism are things that Irish people can be proud of. Nor is the undiscriminating support given by Americans to the terrorists anything that America can be proud of either. But in this book I prefer to concentrate on the achievements Irishmen can be proud of. On can look at Irish industrial achievements. Belfast showed how ships on the North Atlantic run should be built and fitted out. The greatest linen industry in the world was built up. Two of the greatest dev developments in the modern world, the pneumatic tyre, and the three-point l
