Frederick Smeeton Williams

The Midland Railway

Its Rise and Progress
Herausgeber: Smeeton Williams, Frederick

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This lively historical account, first published in 1876, portrays the early struggles and development of Britain's first large-scale railway amalgamation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 730
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 1013g
• ISBN-13: 9781108050364
• ISBN-10: 1108050360
• Artikelnr.: 35530282

Inhaltsangabe

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.