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Author : Arthur Geoffrey Banks,Reginald Bryan Schofield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015065504394
Author : Arthur Geoffrey Banks,R. B. Schofield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0678055785
Author : Arthur Geoffrey Banks,Reginald Bryan Schofield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:503889839
Author : Dave Lane Mark Wright
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-12
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1291982574
At Clifton Country Park are the industrial remains of Wet Earth Colliery. Established around 1740, the colliery was one of the first deep mines to be sunk in the Irwell Valley. Wet Earth Colliery is of importance for three main reasons. It was the first deep mine to be sunk in the valley, and had the first application of steam winding in the area. Secondly, compared to most other pits, it had a very long working life: from around 1750 through to 1928 - almost 180 years. Finally, it's association with James Brindley and his ingenious hydraulic pumping scheme for the colliery, which was in continuous use from 1756 to 1924, just before the colliery closed. This volume is the complete guide to the history and exploration of part of the mining complex.
Author : Nick Corble
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780752472249
It can be said of few men that without them the course of their nation's history would have been very different, yet through the force of his ideas and sheer bloody-mindedness, James Brindley, the first great canal builder, provided the spark that ignited the Industrial Revolution, united the nation and set Britain on course to become the world's first superpower. Born into poverty and barely literate, Brindley had a vision for the country that defied both established society and natural order, dividing mid-eighteenth-century scientific and political options. Crowds flocked to marvel at his new canals and the engineering feats that accompanied them, with Brindley's inventiveness earning him the nickname 'The Schemer'. Nick Corble's book retells Brindley's story, the legacy he left behind and why it is relevant today.
Author : Owen Ashmore
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : England, Northern
ISBN : 0719008204
Author : Andy Wood
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781445639277
A resurgence in canal restoration has seen many English canals reopen in the past three decades, but many are still abandoned, some even vanished under roads, railways and buildings.
Author : Hugh Malet
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0719006791
Hugh Mallet tells the story of the duke's personal life and the story of his great achievement, he created the country's first major canal by his own efforts and a national network by his example.
Author : David Hall,Fred Dibnah
Publisher : Random House
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781446415023
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 paints a vivid picture of what life was like for the mill-hands, colliers and engineers who laboured in industrial Britain - the workshop of the world. With a comprehensive gazetteer, which lists details of over 230 places of industrial interest - from steam railways and ships, to windmills and watermills - Foundries and Rolling Mills is a glorious portrait of Britain at the height of its industrial power, from one of our most revered figures.
Author : Lance Day,Ian McNeil
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1527 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134650200
This Biographical Dictionary seeks to put the world of technology in the context of those who have made the most important contribution to it. For the first time information has been gathered on the people who have made the most significant advances in technology. From ancient times to the present day, the major inventors, discoverers and entrepreneurs from around the world are profiled, and their contribution to society explained and assessed. Structure The Dictionary presents descriptive and analytical biographies of its subjects in alphabetical order for ease of reference. Each entry provides detailed information on the individual's life, work and relevance to their particular field. * in the first part of the entry, the information will include the dates and places of the subject's birth and death, together with their nationality and their field of activity * in the main body of the entry there follows an account of their principal achievements and their significance in the history of technology, along with full details of appointments and honours * finally an annotated bibliography will direct the reader to the subject's principal writings and publications and to the most important secondary works which the reader can consult for further information. Special Features: * The first work in existence to examine technologists in detail * Contains over 1,500 entries giving detailed information * Extensive cross-references enable the reader to compare subjects and build up a picture of technological advance^ * Figures drawn from fields such as Aeronautics, Telecommunications, Architecture, Photography and Textiles
Author : Christine Richardson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : STANFORD:36105118006761
Author : J. D. Mather
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1862391556
This volume highlights some of the many accomplishments of British hydrogeologists during the last 200 years. Twenty-five essays discuss such topics as the use of groundwater in 19th-century Scottish spas; the contribution of geologists to British army well-drilling units in WWI; and the development of the profession since 1974. Fifteen of the pape.
Author : Jasper Winn
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781782833345
For a hundred and fifty years, between the plod of packhorse trains and the arrival of the railways, canals were the high-tech water machine driving the industrial revolution. Amazing feats of engineering, they carried the rural into the city and the urban into the countryside, and changed the lives of everyone. And then, just when their purpose was extinguished by modern transport, they were saved from extinction and repurposed as a 'slow highways' network, a peaceful and countrywide haven from our too-busy age. Today, there are more boats on the canals than in their Victorian heyday. Writer and slow adventurer Jasper Winn spent a year exploring Britain's waterways on foot and by bike, in a kayak and on narrowboats. Along a thousand miles of 'wet roads and water streets' he discovered a world of wildlife corridors, underground adventures, the hardware of heritage and history, new boating communities, endurance kayak races and remote towpaths. He shared journeys with some of the last working boat people and met the anglers, walkers, boaters, activists, volunteers and eccentrics who have made the waterways their home. In Britain most of us live within five miles of a canal, and reading this book we will see them in an entirely new light.
Author : Anthony Burton
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780752481265
This is the story of the men who built Britain’s canals and railways – not the engineers and the administrators but the ones who provided the brawn and muscle. There had never been a workforce like the navvies, a great army of men, moving about the country following the work as it became available. This book will tell of their extraordinary feats of strength and their often colourful lives. They lived rough, usually having to make do with huts and shelters cobbled together from whatever materials were available. They worked hard and drank hard. Often exploited by their employers, they were always liable to erupt into riots that could have fatal results. The book will look at who these men were, where they came from – and destroy the myth that they were all Irish. It is a story full of drama, but above all one of great achievements.
Author : C. B. Phillips,J.H. Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317871675
This series, fully illustrated with maps and half-tones, is written for general readers as well as the student. In illuminating the anonymous lives of our predecessors it will, when complete, substantially enrich our understanding of the many histories which together make up the history of England. This authoritative volume surveys the modern history of the counties of Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cheshire. In 1540 this was a backward area, poor, underpopulated and conservative. During the seventeenth and early eighteenth century the spread of the first cottage industries to the mills and the mines transformed the region into one of the engines of Britain's nineteenth-century greatness. The causes, the costs and the consequences of that transformation are vividly portrayed in this very readable text. Offers a succinct account and analysis of the first region to experience the developed factory system. Discusses the rise, dominance and decline of the region which has parallels across the country and the world. Provides essential background text for the students of local history. Assumes no previous knowledge of the region.
