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The GWR Bristol to Bath Line
Colin Maggs
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Description for The GWR Bristol to Bath Line
Paperback. 224 pages, 208 Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKES; WGF. Dimension: 246 x 170 x 15. Weight: 568.
It was a railway just waiting to be made. The capital, London, was in the east; Bristol, second city in the land, 110 miles to the west or a sea journey of 672 miles. By the late 1820s, technology had improved to a state where the very latest form of transport, a steam railway, could make a far superior link than travel by canal, sea or road. This in-depth study of the Bristol to Bath line by the master of West Country railway history, Colin G. Maggs, covers the line's conception, construction, opening and its dramatic effect on the district ... Read more
It was a railway just waiting to be made. The capital, London, was in the east; Bristol, second city in the land, 110 miles to the west or a sea journey of 672 miles. By the late 1820s, technology had improved to a state where the very latest form of transport, a steam railway, could make a far superior link than travel by canal, sea or road. This in-depth study of the Bristol to Bath line by the master of West Country railway history, Colin G. Maggs, covers the line's conception, construction, opening and its dramatic effect on the district ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445601939
SKU
V9781445601939
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-36
About Colin Maggs
Colin Maggs is one of the country's foremost transport and engineering historians and has written over one hundred books as well as innumerable magazine articles. He has also made several TV and radio appearances. In 1993 he received the MBE for services to railway history. He lives in Bath.
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