Definitive Guide to Trams in the British Isles
Author: David Voice
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Published: 2005-05-01
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781874422488
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Author: David Voice
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Published: 2005-05-01
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781874422488
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Voice
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781874422297
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Voice
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Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781874422242
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: J. G. C. Anderson
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2014-10-20
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1483293130
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first book to cover geological excursions for the whole of the British Isles. Information on the best means of studying geology in the field in the British Isles is followed by descriptions of 194 geological itineraries based on a number of centres and a final chapter on the geology evident on 31 journeys by road, rail and coastal boat. Sketch maps indicate the routes of all the excursions with maps showing the geology of each region. These are detailed for those areas for which modern geological maps are not available.
Author: Helen Wallis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995-04-06
Total Pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9780521551526
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGreat Britain and Ireland enjoy a rich cartographic heritage, yet historians have not made full use of early maps in their writings and research. This is partly due to a lack of information about exactly which maps are available. With the publication of this volume from the Royal Historical Society, we now have a comprehensive guide to the early maps of Great Britain. The book is divided into two parts: part one describes the history and purpose of maps in a series of short essays on the early mapping of the British Isles; part two comprises a guide to the collections, national and regional. Now available from Cambridge University Press, this volume provides an essential reference tool for anyone requiring to access maps of the British Isles dating back to the medieval period and beyond.
Author: John Hannavy
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2023-02-16
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 1399096044
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Gas Tram was a short-lived phenomenon which briefly seemed to herald a new way forward in tramcar design, replacing horses and steam locomotives on the streets with quieter and smoother travel. One of the major advantages of the gas tram, according to those who proposed it, was the low capital cost of the conversion, and all without the need to install the expensive overhead catenary required for electric traction. Designs for gas tramcars were patented all over the world, and systems were briefly operated in Germany, Australia, Holland, Switzerland and the UK, and proposed in France, New Zealand and the USA. The fuel was invariably domestic 'town gas' drawn from the local gasworks, and the vehicles were said to be very cheap to run. This was a development which was probably a century ahead of its time – with twenty-first century gas systems, using much greener biomethane as a fuel, currently being developed in the UK, Korea, China and elsewhere, and biomethane-fuelled trams already in service in Dubai and Aruba. Derived from the natural decomposition of organic waste which would otherwise be released into the atmosphere, biomethane is a clean and green alternative to fossil fuels. Other vehicles, using hydrogen fuel cells to generate electricity, are being developed in several countries. This book – the first ever comprehensive history of these vehicles – uses many previously unpublished photographs, drawings and patents.
Author: James Douglas Pearson
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 584
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work lists and describes manuscripts - in African and Western languages - relating to Africa south of the Sahara held in public and private collections in the British Isles. Arrangement of entries is first by country, and within each country alphabetical by town and name of repository.
Author: Peter Waller
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2019-05-30
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 1473862256
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA photographic overview of the little-known cars and engineers that kept British tramways running smoothly and safely. While generally unfamiliar to the passengers that used tramways, works trams were an essential facet of the efficient operation of any system—large or small—and this book presents an overview of the great variety of works trams that served the first generation of tramways in the British Isles. Although construction of most tramways was left to the contractor employed on the work, once this was completed the responsibility for the maintenance and safe operation of the system fell on the operator. The larger the operator, the greater and more varied the fleet of works cars employed; specialist vehicles were constructed for specific duties. Smaller operators, however, did not have this luxury, relying instead on one or two dedicated works cars or, more often, a passenger car temporarily assigned to that work. This book is a pictorial survey of the many weird and wonderful works cars that once graced Britain’s first generation tramways.
Author: Association of Railway Preservation Societies
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Published: 1990*
Total Pages: 36
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Waller
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2023-05-04
Total Pages: 154
ISBN-13: 1399022512
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough there had been experiments with the use of a new form of transport - the âtrackless tramâ (better known as the trolleybus) - during the first decade of the 20th century, it was in June 1911 that Bradford and Leeds became the countryâs pioneering operators of trolleybuses. There had been earlier experimental users â in places like Hove and London â and as the tide turned against the tram in many towns and cities, the trolleybus became a popular alternative with the trolleybus coming to dominate the provision of local public transport in places like Derby and Ipswich. This volume â one of four that examines the history of all trolleybus operators in the British Isles â focuses on the systems that operated in Wales, the Midlands and East Anglia.