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The Midland Railway: Its Rise and Progress Frederick Smeeton Williams

The Midland Railway: Its Rise and Progress By Frederick Smeeton Williams

The Midland Railway: Its Rise and Progress by Frederick Smeeton Williams


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Frederick Smeeton Williams (1829-86) was a Congregational minister and pioneering railway historian. This book, first published in 1876, is a lively historical account of the Midland Railway's early development, particularly valuable for its contemporary description of the building of the notoriously difficult but beautifully scenic Settle and Carlisle line.

The Midland Railway: Its Rise and Progress Summary

The Midland Railway: Its Rise and Progress: A Narrative of Modern Enterprise by Frederick Smeeton Williams

Frederick Smeeton Williams (1829-86) was a Congregational minister and pioneering railway historian. His first major transport work, Our Iron Roads (1852), enjoyed significant popularity, reaching its seventh edition by 1888. This, his second such effort, first published in 1876, is a lively history of the incorporation and development of one of Britain's first major railway companies following the earliest large-scale railway amalgamation of the Victorian age. Including 123 illustrations and 7 maps, this book is especially valuable for its contemporary description of the building of the Settle and Carlisle line, a notoriously difficult and expensive route to construct, with costs reaching GBP3.8 million by the time of its opening in 1875. Williams's spirited style lends colour to his portrayal of the Midland Railway's beginnings, its increasing competitiveness and the everyday concern of railway operations, making this an engaging resource for historians of transport, business and engineering.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. The Midland Counties railway; 2. The North Midland railway; 3. The Birmingham and Derby railway; 4. The Birmingham and Bristol railways; 5. Leicester to Swannington, Peterborough and Bedford; 6. Temporary rise, culmination, and decline of prosperity; 7. Extensions to Manchester and London; 8. New lines to Sheffield, Bath and Liverpool; 9. Settle and Carlisle railway projected; 10. Amalgamation with Glasgow and South Westerm proposed; 11. Conflict with Great Northern company; 12. Lines to Knottingley, Wigan, and Swansea; 13. Lines from London to Manchester described; 14. Lines from Trent to Barrow-in-Furness described; 15. Settle and Carlisle line described; 16. Line from Derby to Bath and Bristol described; 17. Notts, Leicestershire and western lines described; 18. Shareholders, directors, and executive establishments, etc.; Appendix; Index; List of subscribers.

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NLS9781108050364
9781108050364
1108050360
The Midland Railway: Its Rise and Progress: A Narrative of Modern Enterprise by Frederick Smeeton Williams
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2012-04-26
730
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