Gerald L. Turnbull

Traffic and Transport (eBook, ePUB)

An Economic History of Pickfords

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book, fist published in 1979, traces the growth of Britain's inland transportation systems, chiefly for goods traffic, by road, canal and railway, from the early seventeenth century to the eve of nationalisation in 1947. The book focuses on the history of Pickfords, long a prominent member of the transport industry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000639827
• Artikelnr.: 57480157

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Background: The Road Carrying Trade 2. The Business Established 3. Back From the Brink: 1800-47 4. Pickfords and Road Transport, 1750-1850 5. Pickfords Canal Carrier, 1785-1850 6. Railways, 1825-47: Hopes Raised and Dashed 7. The Railway Agent, 1847-1900 8. Rail, Road and Reconstruction, 1900-33 9. From Railway Ownership to Nationalisation