Early Tramways Of Yorkshire

Author : Peter Tuffrey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781781553497
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Tramways of Yorkshire written by Peter Tuffrey and published by . This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has often been said that the world was horse-drawn before the introduction of electric tramways. So, the establishment of a new and relatively cheap mode of transport was a revelation to many people enabling them to travel, work and play beyond their immediate surroundings. The opening of a tramway route captured everyone's imagination, ensuring kids, and adults (and the occasional dog) would turn out to witness the event, always orchestrated by groups of local civic dignitaries. This book via breathtaking, pin sharp pictures - taken from rare postcards and exclusive glass plate negatives - lavishly illustrates the early years of tramways across Yorkshire, from Sheffield to Hull, from Doncaster to Keighley and areas in-between including, Rotherham, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield and Leeds. The onlooker today, besides being at one with the enthralled locals, celebrating their new tramway systems, will not resist being enchanted by the everyday street scenes and people going about their daily lives, examples of which abound page after page in this glimpse into a long-forgotten age.

Author : John Charles Gillham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780948106170
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tramways of West Yorkshire written by John Charles Gillham and published by . This book was released on 2001* with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local transport has always been a source of municipal pride, especially so in the complex area comprising West Yorkshire (which in this book includes the City of York). This text offers concise summaries of tramway operations with fleet lists, route maps and photographs. The photographs show how streets looked in the days of tramways, details of routes and desciptions of the various styles of tramcar in operation such as horse, steam and electric. Bringing the story up-to-date, Leeds Supertram plans are featured, with detailed route maps.

Author : Peter Waller
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473869641
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yorkshire and North East of England written by Peter Waller and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second of a new series of books that will cover the history of tramway operation in the British Isles. Focusing on Yorkshire and the North-East of England, this book provides an overview of the history of tramways in the region from the 1860s, when one of the pioneering horse trams that predated the Tramways Act of 1870 operated for a brief period in Darlington, through to the closures of the last traditional tramways – Leeds and Sheffield – in 1959 and 1960, respectively. Concentrating on the systems that survived into 1945 – Bradford, Gateshead, Hull, Leeds, Newcastle, Rotherham, Sheffield, South Shields and Sunderland – the book provides a comprehensive narrative, detailing the history of these operations from 1945 onwards, with full fleet lists, maps and details of route openings and closures. The story is supported by some 200 illustrations, both colour and black and white, many of which have never been published before, that portray the trams that operated in these towns and cities and the routes on which they operated. Bringing the story up-to-date, the book also examines the two second-generation tramways built in the region – the Tyne & Wear Metro and Sheffield Supertram – as well as informing readers where it is still possible to see surviving first-generation trams from the region in preservation.

Author : Norman Ellis
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783379065
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trams Around Dewsbury & Wakefield written by Norman Ellis and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Trams Around Dewsbury and Wakefield' is part of the new series 'Transport Through the Ages', brought to you by Wharncliffe Books. This fascinating book traces the nostalgic journey of the trams through the ages. 'Trams Around Dewsbury and Wakefield' is an exquisitely illustrated history. It covers two relatively large tramway systems based at Dewsbury and Wakefield and a small system based at Ossett. Unlike other tramway undertakings in West Yorkshire, which were municipally owned and operated, these three were company operated. The book relies heavily on old picture postcards, collected by the author since 1970. Most of the illustrations have not appeared in print before. In addition to trams, they reveal a background of altered or vanished buildings, plus people going about their daily lives. Take yourself on a nostalgic journey through the transitional times of these tramways, as you read 'Trams Around Dewsbury and Wakefield'.

Author : Peter Waller
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1526770636
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Trolleybus Systems—Yorkshire written by Peter Waller and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although there had been experiments with the use of a new form of transport - the 'trackless tram' (better known as the trolleybus) - during the first decade of the 20th century, it was in June 1911 that Bradford and Leeds became the country's pioneering operators of trolleybuses. Whilst, in Leeds, the trolleybus was destined to have a fairly peripheral role (and finally disappeared in 1928), in Bradford, perhaps as a consequence of the hills surrounding the city centre which represented ideal territory for the trolleybus, the 'trackless' was destined to have a long and illustrious career stretching for more than 60 years until - on 26 March 1972 - the final first-generation trolleybus system finally succumbed to the all-conquering motorbus. This is the first of two volumes to cover the history of all of the trolleybus operators of the British Isles and focuses on those systems in the North of England and Scotland as well as the only network in Northern Ireland - Belfast. The book includes comprehensive fleet and route histories allied to some 250 illustrations, both color and mono, including a map of each network featured.

Author : Hugh Murray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Horse Tramways of York 1880-1909 written by Hugh Murray and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : A. E. Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roads & Rails of West Yorkshire, 1890-1950 written by A. E. Jones and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Walter Pickles
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780900433733
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tramways of Dewsbury and Wakefield written by Walter Pickles and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of three Yorkshire tramway systems - Yorkshire Woollen District, Dewsbury and Ossett, and West Riding, based on 15 years of research into the area.

Author : Oliver Green
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784422509
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trams and Trolleybuses written by Oliver Green and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the horse-drawn trams of the nineteenth century to the larger electric models of the early twentieth, this reliable form of public transport revolutionised town travel by making it affordable enough for working people to use. From the 1930s, the rise of the trolleybus, which also picked up power from overhead cables but ran without expensive tracks, looked set to supersede the tram – but ultimately, by the 1950s, both fell victim to motor buses and private cars. However, since the 1980s the environmental benefits of light rail have encouraged a growing comeback for trams on our crowded and polluted city streets. Using beautiful contemporary photographs, this is the fascinating story of the rise, fall and revival of this everyday, yet sometimes controversial, mode of urban transport.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 918 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New York Review of the Telegraph and Telephone and Electrical Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: