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  • Birmingham's Industrial Heritage

    1900-2000

    by Ray Shill ...
    Birmingham was a renowned manufacturing centre by the 18th century and the city rapidly grew into the primary industrial centre of the Midlands. An account of Birmingham's heyday of heavy industry is recorded and the story is brought up to date with the story of the decline of heavy industry and its subsequent replacement by design, technology and computing. The proposed redevelopment of Rover's ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Workshop of the World

    Birmingham's Industrial Heritage

    by Ray Shill ...
    Researches Birmingham's industries - primarily the manufacture of components, paints and varnish, plastics, toys, aircraft components, and the food industry. This book interweaves company history and product development with descriptions of technical processes, as well as including site visits. It is also illustrated with a wide range of pictures. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Birmingham Canals

    by Ray Shill ...
    Birmingham is famously reputed to have more miles of canals than Venice. These canals contributed much to the city's growth, bringing coal and merchandise from the surrounding areas. As the city prospered economically, it continued to grow and absorb neighbouring communities, a process in many ways bound together by the waterways. Although part of the national network, Birmingham's canals, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Trent and Mersey Canal

    A History

    by Ray Shill ...
    The Trent and Mersey Canal first came into use in 1777. A vital transport link for the industries of the midlands - indeed Josiah Wedgewood of the pottery was an early supporter - it carried coal, ironstone, limestone merchandise, pottery and salt. Despite the arrival of the railways and subsequently motorways, the carriage of freight continued up until 1970. After inevitable decline, various ... Read more

    $20.09 USD

  • North East Canals Through Time

    Aire & Calder, Calder & Hebble, Huddersfield Broad Canals, Dearne & Dove, and Barnsley

    by Ray Shill ...
    Series series Through Time
    North East Canals Through Time follows on from previous titles by specialist author and canal historian Ray Shill, notably North West Canals Through Time: Manchester, Irwell & the Peaks. As a study of the waterway infrastructure of North East England, this volume focuses particularly on Aire & Calder, Calder & Hebble, Huddersfield Broad Canals, Dearne & Dove, and Barnsley. A broad and varied array ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • West Midlands Railways Through Time

    by Ray Shill ...
    Series series Through Time
    While the first public passenger-carrying railway operated between Liverpool and Manchester from 1830, it was the construction of the Grand Junction and London & Birmingham that created the first long-distance, inter-city route from 1838. The meeting point of these two independent companies was Birmingham. The new railways came to benefit the town, through the carriage of goods, parcels and ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • West Midland Canals Through Time

    Severn, Avon & Birmingham

    by Ray Shill ...
    Series series Through Time
    This book is a study of waterways infrastructure and investigates through images and maps how the present midland network of canal and river navigations was put together. It is a complex history where some working waterways are approaching 250 years of existence, but where others span the distance of time with construction and modification extending right up to the present day. In some instances ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • Northern Canals Lancaster, Ulverston, Carlisle and the Pennine Waterways Through Time

    by Ray Shill ...
    Series series Through Time
    Northern Canals Through Time follows on from the previous title by well-known author Ray Shill, North West Canals Through Time: Manchester, Irwell & the Peaks, as a study of waterway infrastructure, in this case focusing particularly on Lancaster, Ulverston, Carlisle, and the Pennine Waterways from west to east, including from Nelson to Leeds on the Leeds & Liverpool, the canal from Rochdale to ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • Wyrley & Essington Canal Through Time

    by Ray Shill ...
    Series series Through Time
    The Wyrley & Essington Canal began as an independent waterway, carrying coal from Essington and Wyrley Bank to Wolverhampton. It was a popular route, in high competition with the mines at Bilston, Cosely and Tipton, which were served by Birmingham Canal Navigations. In 1792 and 1794 the canal was extended, creating routes to a number of new areas - five locks were used for a branch canal to ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • North West Canals Manchester, Irwell and the Peaks Through Time

    by Ray Shill ...
    Series series Through Time
    The history of the canals and waterways of North West England, including the Ashton Canal, Peak Forest Canal, Rochdale Canal, Huddersfield Canals, Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal and River Ribble, is traced through old and modern colour photographs. This is the second volume of North West Canals Through Time. The first volume, North West Canals Through Time: Merseyside, Weaver & Chester, was ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

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    British Weekend Jaunts, #2

    by Caroline Y Preston ...
    Series Book 2 - British Weekend Jaunts
    A travel guide book with a difference which gives a well planned 4 day, 2 location tour (by car) through the spectacular scenery of the English Lake District. This illustrated ebook gives directions, maps, location information & travel tips.This tour takes the reader through the Lake District National Park and visits: Kendal, Lake Windermere, Hawkshead, Coniston Water, Coniston, Duddon Valley, ... Read more

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  • Foundries and Rolling Mills

    Memories of Industrial Britain

    by David Hall, Fred Dibnah ...
    Join engineer, steeplejack and beloved storyteller Fred Dibnah, as he takes you on a personal tour through industrial Britain.Bringing to life landmark events from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century in his typically engaging and anecdotal style, Fred introduces the great inventors from the age of steam, describes the day-to-day operation of railways, mills, forges and factories, and ... Read more

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