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The Great Western Railway Volume Six South Wales Main Line
Stanley C. Jenkins
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Description for The Great Western Railway Volume Six South Wales Main Line
Paperback. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the GWR South Wales Main Line has changed and developed over the last century. Series: The Great Western Railway. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200. BIC Classification: 1DBKWS; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 247 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
The South Wales Railway was promoted in the 1840s with the aim of completing a rail link between England, Wales and Ireland. As such, the proposed railway was seen as `a great national undertaking to connect the South of Ireland as well as South Wales and the Metropolis', with many perceived benefits in terms of mutual trading opportunities and greater political integration. Branch lines would serve Pembroke Dock and other destinations, the length of the proposed scheme being around 210 miles. The SWR was intimately connected with the Great Western Railway, and with I. K. Brunel as its engineer, the ... Read more
The South Wales Railway was promoted in the 1840s with the aim of completing a rail link between England, Wales and Ireland. As such, the proposed railway was seen as `a great national undertaking to connect the South of Ireland as well as South Wales and the Metropolis', with many perceived benefits in terms of mutual trading opportunities and greater political integration. Branch lines would serve Pembroke Dock and other destinations, the length of the proposed scheme being around 210 miles. The SWR was intimately connected with the Great Western Railway, and with I. K. Brunel as its engineer, the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
The Great Western Railway
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445641263
SKU
V9781445641263
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Ref
99-99
About Stanley C. Jenkins
Stanley C. Jenkins, who was educated at Witney Grammar School, the University of Lancaster and the University of Leicester, has written over 20 books and some 750 articles on local, transport and regional history. Having worked as an English Language teacher at Oxford Air Training School for several years, he returned to Leicester University to retrain as a museum curator ... Read more
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