The Men Who Built Railways
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The Men Who Built Railways
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Author : Francis Roubiliac Conder
language : en
Publisher: Thomas Telford Publishing
Release Date : 1983
The Men Who Built Railways written by Francis Roubiliac Conder and has been published by Thomas Telford Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The Men Who Built Railways
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Author : Francis Roubiliac Conder
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
The Men Who Built Railways written by Francis Roubiliac Conder and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Railroad engineers categories.
The Railway Navvies
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Author : Terry Coleman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
The Railway Navvies written by Terry Coleman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Business & Economics categories.
The story of the men who built the railways, the unknown labourers of the 19th century. Preached at and plundered, sworn at and swindled, these people endured perils and disasters and carved out of the English countryside a new iron-age architecture.
The Men Who Built Britain
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Author : Ultan Cowley
language : en
Publisher: Orbit Books
Release Date : 2001
The Men Who Built Britain written by Ultan Cowley and has been published by Orbit Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
"The contribution of the Irish 'Navvy' to the British construction industry has indeed been 'immeasurable'. For over two centuries, for hundreds of thousands of rural male Irish emigrants to Britain, the best chance of a start was in construction. While the men themselves have been largely forgotten or ignored, the canals, the railways, the roads, tunnels, dams and public utilities of Britain stand as lasting monuments to their sacrifices and achievements." "The Men who Built Britain has been researched by Ultan Cowley over a number of years. In it he quotes extensively from numerous interviews with Irish navvies and subcontractors, senior English management and relatives of those involved. Generously illustrated with striking pictures - many never previously published - this book ensures that the true story of the Irish navvy will not be forgotten."--BOOK JACKET.
The Railway Navvies
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Author : Terry Coleman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
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Nothing Like It In The World
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Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-12-11
Nothing Like It In The World written by Stephen E. Ambrose and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-11 with History categories.
NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad – the investors who risked their businesses and money; the enlightened politicians who understood its importance; the engineers and surveyors who risked, and sometimes lost, their lives; and the Irish and Chinese immigrants, the defeated Confederate soldiers, and the other labourers who did the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks. The US government pitted two companies – the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads – against each other in a race for funding, encouraging speed over caution. Locomotives, rails and spikes were shipped from the East through Panama or around South America to the West, or lugged across the country to the Plains. In Ambrose's hands, this enterprise, with its huge expenditure of brainpower, muscle and sweat, comes vibrantly to life.
The Railway Navvies
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Author : Terry Coleman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
The Railway Navvies written by Terry Coleman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Railroad construction workers categories.
The Men Who Built The Railroads
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Author : Aaron E. Klein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
The Men Who Built The Railroads written by Aaron E. Klein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Railroad contruction workers categories.
The American Railway
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Author : Thomas Curtis Clarke
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2015-11-10
The American Railway written by Thomas Curtis Clarke and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-10 with Transportation categories.
The early history of the American railroad by the man the New York Times calls “one of the best-known civil engineers in America.” The American Railway provides an exciting look at the railroad industry in the 1880s and how it developed as the business boomed. Originally published in 1889, it contains a thorough history of how railroads were built, the types of railways, the lives of railway workers, the various ways the railway affected political and business economics, as well as the safety precautions of people who rode or worked with the railway system. You’ll also find more than two hundred hand-drawn illustrations—visual representations of great steam engines, graceful bridges, life in a Pullman car, railway accidents, views of track construction, and portraits of railroad pioneers and magnates of the times—and stories from real rail workers. Learn how far we’ve come from such humble beginnings and grow to have a newfound appreciation for the railways that paved our country’s future. This edition features a new foreword by Jeff Smith, editor of the NRHS Bulletin, the quarterly magazine published by the National Railway Historical Society.
Railways And Culture In Britain
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Author : Ian Carter
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2001
Railways And Culture In Britain written by Ian Carter and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Art categories.
The 19th-century steam railway epitomized modernity's relentlessly onrushing advance. Ian Carter delves into the cultural impact of the train. Why, for example, did Britain possess no great railway novel? He compares fiction and images by canonical British figures (Turner, Dickens, Arnold Bennett) with selected French and Russian competitors: Tolstoy, Zola, Monet, Manet. He argues that while high cultural work on the British steam railway is thin, British popular culture did not ignore it. Detailed discussions of comic fiction, crime fiction, and cartoons reveal a popular fascination with railways tumbling from vast (and hitherto unexplored) stores of critically overlooked genres.