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A Steam Engine Pilgrimage
Anthony Burton
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Description for A Steam Engine Pilgrimage
Hardback. Covers preserved steam machinery. Num Pages: 160 pages, 90 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 216. .
Anthony Burton has travelled from the Highlands of Scotland, to the south west of England in pursuit of his passion for the steam engine in all its different forms. He has travelled on narrow gauge railways in Wales and enjoyed the splendour of main line journeys behind some of the grandest locomotives ever built. He has shovelled coal into the boiler of an old Clyde Puffer, while steaming down Scotland's west coast, and luxuriated in the elegance of a Windermere steam launch. He has marvelled at the magnificence of the great Victorian pumping engines and their elaborately decorated engine houses ... Read more
Anthony Burton has travelled from the Highlands of Scotland, to the south west of England in pursuit of his passion for the steam engine in all its different forms. He has travelled on narrow gauge railways in Wales and enjoyed the splendour of main line journeys behind some of the grandest locomotives ever built. He has shovelled coal into the boiler of an old Clyde Puffer, while steaming down Scotland's west coast, and luxuriated in the elegance of a Windermere steam launch. He has marvelled at the magnificence of the great Victorian pumping engines and their elaborately decorated engine houses ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
150
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473860452
SKU
V9781473860452
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-30
About Anthony Burton
Anthony Burton has been a professional writer and broadcaster for over forty years, during which time he has largely concentrated on the history of industry and transport. His books include The Canal Builders, recently reprinted in its fifth edition, and The Railway Builders. He has written a biography of the great steam pioneer Richard Trevithick and is currently writing the ... Read more
Reviews for A Steam Engine Pilgrimage
This is a 'happy' book and well worth inspection.
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