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Early Railways
1569-1830
Series: Shire Library
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Early Railways
"Early Railways: 1569-1830".
An important book that brings to life a little known piece of transport history.
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In the popular mind, the history of the railway begins in 1830 with the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. In fact, by that time the concept of the railway in Britain was already more than 250 years old.
The interim is a fascinating but little-known period of experimentation, improvement, and invention which included such remarkable oddities as an Elizabethan version of the 'Scalextric', an early 'JCB', and an engine fitted with steam-powered legs.
Innovations such as iron rails, inclines, and the pioneering locomotives were gradually introduced, so that by 1830 the basic principles of the modern railway were already in place. Never again would the industry see such fundamental development, and it is this heady and industrious period that Early Railways examines, in fascinating detail and with lavish illustrations.
Series: Shire Library
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780747808114
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 May 2011
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Shire Publications
Illustration: 40 b/w; 40 col
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 5.0mm
Width: 142.0mm
Height: 201.0mm
Weight: 152g
Pages: 56
About the Author
Andy Guy is a former researcher at Beamish museum and an expert of the early railways of North-East England. He is the author of ‘Steam and Speed: Railways of Tyne and Wear from the Earliest Days’.
Jim Rees is a former Curator of Rail Vehicles at the National Railway Museum, York, and is now Special Projects Manager at Beamish, The North of England Open-Air Museum. He is an expert on early railways and is co-editor (with Andy Guy) of ‘Early Railways’.
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