Slate Sail And Steam

Author : John Idris Jones
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ISBN 13 : 9781445653471
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Slate, Sail and Steam written by John Idris Jones and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Porthmadog was once host to a wide variety of industries. Its slate went to Germany and exists there today on the roofs of thousands of dwellings, as well as to America, where the Boston Court House is roofed with Welsh slate. The slate often travelled in Porthmadog-built vessels - over 200 sailing ships were built in Porthmadog between 1830 and 1914. The Moelwyn mountains' mines, which held the world's largest deposit of slate, employed around 3,000 men in the nineteenth century. In the 1830s, the Festiniog Railway Company was formed, in order to carry slate between Blaenau and Porthmadog harbour, leading to the development of the famous 'Double Fairlie' locomotive there. Using a wonderful collection of images and drawing on his background in the area, John Idris Jones explores the fascinating history of these industries.

Author : Barlow Cumberland
Publisher : Musson Book Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River written by Barlow Cumberland and published by Musson Book Company. This book was released on 1913 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jack Spurling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780850593730
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spurling, Sail and Steam written by Jack Spurling and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Broom
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1399003941
Total Pages : 693 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Britain's Industrial Revolution in 100 Objects written by John Broom and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2023-02-22 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period of Britain’s Industrial Revolution was perhaps the most transformative era in the nation’s history. Between about 1750 and 1914, life and work, home and school, church and community changed irreversibly for Britain’s rapidly expanding population. Lives were transformed, some for the better, but many endured abysmal domestic and workplace conditions. Eventually improvements were made to Britain’s social fabric which led to the prospect of richer and more fulfilled lives for working men, women and even children. Focusing on 100 objects that either directly influenced, or arose from, these changes, John Broom offers a distinctive insight into this fascinating age. With plentiful illustrations and suggestions for visits to hundreds of places of historical interest, this book makes an ideal companion for a journey into Britain’s industrial past.

Author : David Macaulay
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
ISBN 13 : 1250261589
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crossing on Time written by David Macaulay and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Macaulay, co-creator of the international bestseller The Way Things Work, brings his signature curiosity and detailing to the story of the steamship in this meticulously researched and stunningly illustrated book. Prior to the 1800s, ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean relied on the wind in their sails to make their journeys. But invention of steam power ushered in a new era of transportation that would change ocean travel forever: the steamship. Award-winning author-illustrator David Macaulay guides readers through the fascinating history that culminated in the building of the most advanced—and last—of these steamships: the SS United States. This book artfully explores the design and construction of the ship and the life of its designer and engineer, William Francis Gibbs. Framed around the author's own experience steaming across the Atlantic on the very same SS United States, Crossing on Time is a tour de force of the art of explanation and a touching and surprising childhood story. A 2020 NCTE Orbis Pictus Recommended Book 2020 Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year List

Author : Jack Spurling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780448154954
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sail and Steam written by Jack Spurling and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George B. Hodgson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Borough of South Shields, from the Earliest Period to the Close of the Nineteenth Century written by George B. Hodgson and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edward Keble Chatterton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Steamships and Their Story written by Edward Keble Chatterton and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Great Britain. Royal Commission on Canals and Waterways
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report[s] of the Royal Commission Appointed to Enquire Into and to Report on the Canals and Inland Navigations of the United Kingdom: Returns supplied to and prepared by the Royal commission on canals& waterways 1907. Comprising the history, the extent, the capital of and the traffic and works on the canals and inland navigations of the United Kingdom. 1908 written by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Canals and Waterways and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frank Cowper
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sailing Tours written by Frank Cowper and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: