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7%OFFEric Armstrong - Seeing Birmingham by Tram Volume II - 9780752453927 - V9780752453927
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Seeing Birmingham by Tram Volume II

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Description for Seeing Birmingham by Tram Volume II Paperback. For the first quarter of the 20th century, trams constituted the main workhorses of the public road transport system before Birmingham Corporation buses eventually replaced them completely. This book contains archive postcards which depict the tramways operation of the era. It focuses on the tram in its social and historical context. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; WGF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 236 x 11. Weight in Grams: 296.

For the first quarter of the twentieth century, trams constituted the main workhorses of the public road transport system before Birmingham Corporation buses eventually replaced them completely. 1868 brought the formation of the General Omnibus Co. which ran a fleet of horse buses from High Street to various suburbs. The remaining years of that century are marked by an intricate mesh of private companies and the Corporation owning, leasing and managing transport systems. The first horse tram in the city plodded into service in 1872, operating between Hockley Brook and Dudley Port.

In 1882 mechanical power, in the form of the ... Read more

Following closely the 1937 routes depicted in Volume I and including the fares structure, as well as the social and sporting activities of tramways personnel, this book is illustrated with a wealth of fascinating archive postcards and ephemera depicting tramways operation of the era and placing an emphasis on the tram in its social and historical context. A must for all Birmingham transport and local historians!

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Product Details

Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752453927
SKU
V9780752453927
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10

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