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termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass
out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return. E M. Forster |
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Liverpool
Transport Vol 2 1900 - 1930 J B Horne & T B Maund TPC/LRTA 1st 1982 The Edwardian era saw the City of Liverpool at its peak of confidence. Almost unchallenged in its commercial strength, the city did things in style. The electric tramways were a notable part of the success story that was Liverpool in the thriving pre-1914 years. This volume resumes the story of Liverpool's trams and buses from the turn of the century and continues through the difficult years of the Great War and the turbulent nineteen-twenties. Many technical innovations are described in detail, on the cars and along the tracks, and the emergence of the motor bus is traced as it challenged not only the trams but the Corporation itself. Public transport made the city possible and now let it grow. These years saw housing estates, municipal and private, cover the green fields while trams and buses with perhaps the lowest fares in England supported the new suburban lifestyle. These were also the years when money could be made in road passenger transport and private bus operators indulged in cut-throat competition; encouraged by Liverpool's sometimes unfriendly neighbours the newcomers ended any monopoly the trams once had. The reality of working life on the tramways is detailed, with short biographies of the major figures. The relationship between managers and men is traced as paternalism faded before the growth of trade unionism and inter-union strife. Large 4to. Glazed pictorial boards, 359 pages, Fine. 1685 gms £30.00 |
| Volkswagen
Beetle - the rise from the ashes of war
Simon Parkinson Veloce Publishing 1st 1996 Hitler ordered the creation of the German people's car (Volkswagen), a huge, brand new factory to build it, and a new town to house the factory workers. Despite the grand plans, only a few hundred Beetles were built before war stopped production. At the end of the war, the VW factory at Wolfsburg was in the British -controlled area of Germany and, ironically, for this the most German of cars, it was the British who got the Beetle back into production and started it on the path to the huge international success it would achieve with the production of over twenty million units. Here, based on the memoirs of the people who were there, is the extraordinary story of Wolfsburg, the Beetle and the British in the years 1945 to 1949. 4to. Gift inscription to front free endpaper, otherwise Fine in a VG++ wrapper. 720 gms £35.00 |
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Narrow
Boats - Care and Maintenance Nick Billingham Crowood Press 1st 1995 Narrow Boats – Care and Maintenance provides a thorough grounding in all aspects of looking after the various systems that make up a narrow boat. Proper installation and maintenance of these systems is vital for safe and enjoyable cruising and this book will enable all narrow boat owners to keep equipment in good working order. Covers
all systems, including hull and superstructure, engine, electrics, plumbing,
heating, woodwork and fittings |
| Principles
of Transport R W Faulks Ian Allen 2nd edn 1977 Principles of Transport, now established as the successor book to Elements of Transport, was first published in 1973 and covers the fundamental principles and practices of movement by land, water and air. It is essential reading for students preparing for the examinations of the Chartered Institute of Transport and Institute of Traffic Administration and also for those attending transport courses organised by universities and other educational establishments. Whilst the book is designed to cover the entire syllabus of the subject 'Transport' in the Intermediate examination of the Chartered Institute of Transport, it also has relevance to 'Control and Organisation of Transport' which is a part of the Final examination of the same Institute. The policy of illustrating theory by reference to actual practices has proved popular and has been retained. This approach, however, together with legislation, at least in Great Britain, enacted since 1973 has necessitated a substantial revision of the text, hence this second edition. Although the legal aspects of the subject relate to British law, transport as a science knows no political boundaries and the examples and illustrations are drawn from sources which are worldwide. Principles of Transport, therefore, whilst written primarily for educational purposes, will also have interest for the general reader. Very minor wear to boards, dustwrapper slight dulled with minor creasing, otherwise VG+ in a VG+ wrapper. 580 gms £10.00 |
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'The Sentinel' Volume 1 1875-1930 - a history of Alley & MacLellan and the Sentinel Waggon Works W J Hughes & Joseph L Thomas David & Charles 1973 Alley & Maclellan of Glasgow started to build the famous ‘Sentinel’ steam wagons in 1905, but long before that their trade name, ‘Sentinel’, had been carried world-wide on many other products, including stationary and marine steam engines, lighting plant, air compressors, valves, hydraulic units and ships machinery. Their ships, built on dry land’ were afloat also in many oasts of the world, including the Chauncy Maples which still plied on Lake Malawi in the 1970s. Later the Sentinel Waggon Works, known affectionately as ‘The Sentinel', became a separate entity, and through the famous Super and 'D.G.' waggons developed the design until with the 'S'-type it became known as the Rolls-Royce of steam waggons. Other products included steam tractors and portable engines, the well-known Sentinel-Cammell railcars, and rail locomotives for both freight and passenger traffic. This book
tells the story of the business from its earliest days until 1930, with
its products, prices, and personalities. It will be enjoyed not only by
lovers of steam on road and rail, but by any student of technological
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Caledonian Canal A D Cameron Melven Press 1st 1983 This book is a history of the Caledonian Canal from Thomas Telford's first survey in 1801 to the present day. It examines the arguments, physical, humanitarian and strategic, for a canal through the Great Glen and is an account of the coming of civil engineering to the Highlands. Telford's plan, to connect Loch Ness, Loch Oich and Loch Lochy with each other and the sea by twenty-two miles of artificial cutting and twenty-eight locks, was on an heroic scale. After its early failures, the Canal was reconstructed in the 1840s and this is fully described as are the changes and works of maintenance throughout its history. Generations of engineers and lock-keepers have kept it in continuous operation in the face of many changes. The constant criticism of the Canal because it was uneconomic is contrasted with its value to the fishing industry, trade between west and east coast ports, passenger travel on paddle-steamers and the Royal Navy in two World Wars. Lock mechanisation in the 1960s is seen as giving the Canal a new lease of life. It is an interesting and beautiful waterway which is an engineering achievement, a working piece of industrial history and gives untold pleasure to the ever-increasing numbers of visitors and tourists who come to the area each year. 4to. VG++ in a VG++ wrapper. 765 gms. £12.50 |
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