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Book Synopsis Railways of the Black Country by : Steve Burdett
Download or read book Railways of the Black Country written by Steve Burdett and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documenting the railway scene, from the 1970s to present day. A variety of motive power is to be seen within this collection.
Book Synopsis Black Country Steam, Western Region Operations, 1948–1967 by : Paul Dorney
Download or read book Black Country Steam, Western Region Operations, 1948–1967 written by Paul Dorney and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The railway lines of the heavily industrialised Black Country were of considerable commercial importance to the fortunes of the Great Western Railway and its successor, the Western Region of British Railways. Nevertheless, they received little attention from both photographers of the railway scene and contemporary railway publishers alike. Perhaps understandably, photographers, particularly in the post-war austerity years, chose to eschew the grimy industrial landscape of North West Worcestershire and South East Staffordshire and save their expensive film stock for more idyllic scenery elsewhere. The book seeks to redress that previous lack of attention, by presenting a significant selection of hitherto unpublished photographs, principally by locally based enthusiasts, accompanied by informative captions. Throughout the period from nationalisation to the ultimate demise of steam it follows the respective former GW routes through the region in a logical manner, depicting the wide variety of the locomotive power employed to haul the diverse traffic generated by the local industry, and the sidings and yards that served it. Coverage is also given to local locomotive running sheds and maintenance facilities. Most of the featured lines have now closed, as is also true of much of the heavy industry. A resident from the immediate post-war years would find the area unrecognisable, but it is to be hoped that the book will rekindle memories of a landscape now lost forever.
Book Synopsis Black Country Railways by : N. Williams
Download or read book Black Country Railways written by N. Williams and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Railways of the Black Country by : Ned Williams
Download or read book Railways of the Black Country written by Ned Williams and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Economic Emergence of the Black Country: a Study of the Dudley Estate by : T. J. Raybould
Download or read book Economic Emergence of the Black Country: a Study of the Dudley Estate written by T. J. Raybould and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Railways of the Black Country: The main lines by : Ned Williams
Download or read book Railways of the Black Country: The main lines written by Ned Williams and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Black Country and South and East Staffordshire by : John Whitehouse
Download or read book The Black Country and South and East Staffordshire written by John Whitehouse and published by Silver Link. This book was released on 2010 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks in detail at: The former LMS Stour Valley line to Wolverhampton High Level station, with Bushbury shed and Oxley carriage depot; The former GWR Low Level station, the GWR locomotive works and Oxley shed; Lines and yards around Bescot; Lines from Walsall to Rugeley, Lichfield and Sutton Coldfield; and, Mineral and colliery lines.
Book Synopsis Railways of the Black Country by : Ned Williams
Download or read book Railways of the Black Country written by Ned Williams and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A New Railway for the Black Country by : Robert Harbin
Download or read book A New Railway for the Black Country written by Robert Harbin and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tracing Your Black Country Ancestors by : Michael Pearson
Download or read book Tracing Your Black Country Ancestors written by Michael Pearson and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Black Country in the West Midlands is an important site for family historians. Many researchers, seeking to trace their ancestry back through the generations, will find their trail leads through it. And yet, despite the burgeoning interest in genealogy and the importance of the region in so many life stories, no previous book has provided a guide to the Black Country's history and to the documents and records that family historians can use in their research. In this accessible and informative introduction to the subject, Michael Pearson looks at the history and heritage of the region and gives a graphic insight into the world in which our ancestors lived. He concentrates on the role the Black Country played during the industrial revolution when the development of mining, industry and transport transformed the economic and social life of the area. This was a period when living and working conditions were poor, families were large, children worked from an early age, often in the mines, and life expectancy was less than 20. And it was the era in which the Black Country took on the distinctive identity by which it is known today. As well as retelling the fascinating story of the development of the Black Country, the author introduces the reader to the variety of records that are available for genealogical research, from legal and ecclesiastical archives, birth and death certificates to the records of local government, employers, institutions, clubs, societies and schools.
Book Synopsis A-Z of The Black Country by : Andrew Homer
Download or read book A-Z of The Black Country written by Andrew Homer and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the centre of the Black Country in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.
Book Synopsis Railways and the Victorian Imagination by : Michael J. Freeman
Download or read book Railways and the Victorian Imagination written by Michael J. Freeman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the cultural and social effect that the railway had on nineteenth century society in Great Britain
Book Synopsis The Pensnett Railway by : Ned Williams
Download or read book The Pensnett Railway written by Ned Williams and published by History Press (SC). This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1829, while George Stephenson was building his "Rocket," the Earl of Dudley ran "Agenori" on his pioneering Black Country railway linking his collieries with the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. Although it rarely carried passengers, this railway grew into a huge complex industrial system that centered on the Earl's Round Oak Steel Works at Brierley Hill. Its tracks ran to Dudley, Old Hill, Cradley Heath, Himley, Baggeridge Colliery, Kingswinford, and Ashwood Basin. Its steam locomotives worked inside the steel works, and brought in coal from the nearby pits, as well as delivering coal to a number of wharves and industrial enterprises scattered around the western half of the Black Country. Steam operation ceased in 1962, but the railway continued to work until Round Oak Steel Works closed in 1980. This book describes the system and its workings as well its history and the locomotives and men who served the line. It guides the reader in trying to relate all of this to the few remains of it that can be seen today.
Book Synopsis Wolverhampton Railways Through Time by : Mike Hitches
Download or read book Wolverhampton Railways Through Time written by Mike Hitches and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Wolverhampton's railways have changed and developed over the last century
Book Synopsis The Conurbations of Great Britain by : Thomas Walter Freeman
Download or read book The Conurbations of Great Britain written by Thomas Walter Freeman and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1959 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis West Midlands Railways Through Time by : Ray Shill
Download or read book West Midlands Railways Through Time written by Ray Shill and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the West Midlands Railways have changed and developed over the last century.
Book Synopsis Railways in the Landscape by : Gordon Biddle
Download or read book Railways in the Landscape written by Gordon Biddle and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
