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The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Volume 1 Chester to Holyhead (The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Series)
Jenkins, Stanley C., Loader, Martin
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Description for The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Volume 1 Chester to Holyhead (The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Series)
Paperback. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Chester & Holyhead line has changed and developed over the last century. Series: The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Series. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200. BIC Classification: 1DBK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 245 x 13. Weight in Grams: 416.
The Chester & Holyhead Railway was incorporated by an Act of Parliament in 1844, and the promoters were thereby empowered to build an 85-mile line along the North Wales coast, the engineer for the line being Robert Stephenson. The C&HR was, from its inception, intended to form part of a rail link between London and Dublin – the assumption being that such a line would improve the economic position of Ireland, while at the same time binding it ever more closely to the rest of the United Kingdom. In engineering terms, the C&HR presented huge challenges. The first ... Read more
The Chester & Holyhead Railway was incorporated by an Act of Parliament in 1844, and the promoters were thereby empowered to build an 85-mile line along the North Wales coast, the engineer for the line being Robert Stephenson. The C&HR was, from its inception, intended to form part of a rail link between London and Dublin – the assumption being that such a line would improve the economic position of Ireland, while at the same time binding it ever more closely to the rest of the United Kingdom. In engineering terms, the C&HR presented huge challenges. The first ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Amberley
Condition
New
Series
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Series
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445643892
SKU
V9781445643892
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Ref
99-14
About Jenkins, Stanley C., Loader, Martin
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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