Channel Islands Railway Steamers

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Channel Islands Railway Steamers

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Author : Kevin Le Scelleur
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985

Channel Islands Railway Steamers written by Kevin Le Scelleur and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with History categories.

Railway And Other Steamers

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Author : Christian Leslie Dyce Duckworth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1948

Railway And Other Steamers written by Christian Leslie Dyce Duckworth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1948 with Coastwise navigation categories.

Steamers Of British Railways And Associate Companies

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Author : William Paul Clegg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962

Steamers Of British Railways And Associate Companies written by William Paul Clegg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Ferries categories.

British Railways Steamers And Other Vessels

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Author : Allan (Ian) ltd
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962

British Railways Steamers And Other Vessels written by Allan (Ian) ltd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Coastwise navigation categories.

The Railways Of The Channel Islands

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Author : Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977

The Railways Of The Channel Islands written by Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Railroads categories.

The Railways Of The Channel Islands The Guernsey Railway 1967

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Author : N. R. P. Bosnor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967

The Railways Of The Channel Islands The Guernsey Railway 1967 written by N. R. P. Bosnor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Railroads categories.

Steam Ships The Story Of Their Development To The Present Day

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Author : R. A. Fletcher
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2020-09-28

Steam Ships The Story Of Their Development To The Present Day written by R. A. Fletcher and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with History categories.

A hundred years ago it was impossible to forecast with any accuracy how long a journey might take to accomplish, and the traveller by land or sea was liable to “moving accidents by flood and field”; but side by side with the growth of the steam-ship, and the accompanying increase of certainty in the times of departure and arrival, came the introduction of the railway system inland. Between the two, however, there is the fundamental difference that the sea is a highway open to all, while the land must be bought or hired of its owners; and the result of this was that inland transportation, implying a huge initial outlay on railroad construction, became the business of wealthy companies, whereas any man was free to build a steamboat and ply it where he would. The shipowner, moreover, has a further advantage in his freedom to choose his route, because he is at liberty to “follow trade”; but if, as has happened before now, the traffic of a town decreases, owing to a change in, or the disappearance of, its manufactures, the railway that serves it becomes proportionately useless. In another essential, the development of steam-transport on land and sea provides a more striking contrast. The main features of George Stephenson’s “Rocket” showed in 1830, in however crude a form as regards detail and design, the leading principles of the modern locomotive engine and boiler; but the history of the marine engine, as of the steam-ship which it propels, has been one of radical change. The earliest attempts were made, naturally enough, in the face of great opposition. Every one will remember Stephenson’s famous retort, when it was suggested to him that it would be awkward for his engine if a cow got across the rails, that “it would be very awkward—for the cow”;—and at sea it was the rule for a long while to regard steam merely as auxiliary to sails, to be used in calms. While ships were still built of wood, and while the early engines consumed a great deal of fuel in proportion to the distance covered, it was impossible to carry enough coal for long voyages, and a large sail-area had still to be provided. Progress was thus retarded until, in 1843, the great engineer Brunel proved by the Great Britain that the day of the wooden ship had passed; and the next ten years were marked by the substitution of iron for wood in shipbuilding. Thenceforward the story of the steam-ship progressed decade by decade. Between 1855 and 1865 paddle-wheels gave place to screw propellers, and the need for engines of a higher speed, which the adoption of the screw brought about, distinguished the following decade as that in which the “compound engine” was evolved. Put shortly, “compounding” means the using of the waste steam from one cylinder to do further work in a second cylinder. The extension of this system to “triple expansion,” whereby the exhaust steam is utilised in a third cylinder, the introduction of twin screws, and the substitution of steel for iron in hull-construction, were the chief innovations between 1875 and 1885. The last fifteen years of the century saw the tonnage of the world’s shipping doubled, and the main features of mechanical progress during that period were another step to “quadruple expansion” and the application of “forced draught,” which gives a greater steam-pressure without a corresponding increase in the size of the boilers. The first decade of the present century has been already devoted to the development of the “turbine” engine.

Railway Times

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890

Railway Times written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with Railroads categories.

English Channel Packet Boats

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Author : Cuthbert Grasemann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1939

English Channel Packet Boats written by Cuthbert Grasemann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1939 with Packets categories.

Boat Trains The English Channel Ocean Liner Specials

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Author : Martyn Pring
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Release Date : 2021-01-18

Boat Trains The English Channel Ocean Liner Specials written by Martyn Pring and has been published by Pen and Sword Transport this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-18 with Transportation categories.

A study of the specialty train, including its history, development, and operation beginning at the end of the nineteenth century. In many ways this title, featuring the evolution of cross-channel boat trains and the many dedicated services responsible for moving international passengers to and from trans-Atlantic steamers, is an extension of luxury railway travel. But that’s not the full story as it encapsulates more than 125 years of independent and organised tourism development. At the end of the nineteenth century, faster and more stable twin-screw vessels replaced cross-channel paddlers resulting in a significant expansion in the numbers of day excursionists and short-stay visitors heading to Belgium, France and the Channel Islands. Continental Europe, as it had done since the end of the Napoleonic Wars beckoned, introducing ideas of modern-day mass tourism. Numerous liners bestriding the globe were British domiciled. Major ports became hives of commercial activity involving moving freight and mail, as well as transporting all manner of travellers. Not only was there intense competition for passenger traffic between the Old and New World and Britain’s imperial interests, greater numbers of well-heeled tourists headed off to warmer winter climes, and also experimented with the novel idea of using ocean steamers as hotels to visit an array of diverse destinations. Cruise tourism and the itinerary had arrived as ‘Ocean Special’ boat trains became essential components of railway and port procedures. Whilst some railway operations were dedicated to emigrant traffic, continental and ocean liner boat trains were also synonymous with the most glamorous travel services ever choreographed by shipping lines and railway companies working closely in tandem. This well illustrated book explores the many functions of boat train travel. “This book should appeal to the rail fan, the ship enthusiast, the connoisseur of travel posters and those interested in the business of transportation. I know of nowhere else one can find so much information on boat train operation in one book. . . . Well worth a read by anyone interested in the interconnectivity of different means of public transportation.” —Charles H. Bogart, Steamship Historical Society of America