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Merseyside can claim to have a greater variety of transport than anywhere else in Britain. It is these images, including road, rail, sea and other transport, that illustrate the key aspects of the richly varied scene. This book gives a full-color view of the historic transport that was part of the Merseyside townscape from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Weird and Wonderful Ways of Travelling by Road, Rail, Air and Sea
by John Wade
ISBN: 9781399003971
Pub Date: 2022-04-13
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Transport
208 Pages
Over the years many weird and wonderful types of transport have come and gone, some of which succeeded against all odds, others that spectacularly failed, and some that never got beyond a designer’s drawing board.
This book, the first to deal with the subject, tells the story of the evolution of the original ‘spinning-ball’ governor from its first appearance to the point where it became a small device entirely enclosed in a housing to keep it clean, and thus hidden from view.
This book begins by taking a brief look at the expansion of the United Counties Omnibus Company since its formation in September 1921 through to its demise in October 2014.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Three names. Three people in one. Born in Portsmouth on 9 April 1806, there was Brunel the great engineer, who would habitually throw out the rule book of tradition and established practice, and start again with a blank sheet of paper, taking the technology of the day to its limits and then going another mile.
The first railway chemical laboratory was opened in 1864 by the London & North Western Railway at Crewe, and the last ones lost their direct link to the rail industry on their privatisation in 1996.Whatever...
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