Download or read book The Forgotten Canals of Yorkshire written by Roger Glister and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2004-07-31 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Forgotten Canals of Yorkshire: Wakefield to Swinton via Barnsley' is part of the canal series in 'Transport Through the Ages', brought to you by Wharncliffe Books. This fascinating book traces the nostalgic journey of the canal boats through the ages. As an illustrative history, 'The Forgotten Canals of Yorkshire: Wakefield to Swinton via Barnsley', is based on a unique collection of photographs collected by the late Alan Hall. They illuminate the Barnsley Canal and the Dearne and Dove Canal not only in their working years but also in their decline and eventual abandonment. Most of the photographs have not been published before and demonstrate very poignantly the official vandalism that befell the canals fifty years ago. Our industrial heritage was wilfully destroyed and important archaeological features were obliterated in the name of progres. Take yourself on a nostalgic journey through the pictorial re-creation of the waterways of Yorkshire, as you read 'The Forgotten Canals of Yorkshire: Wakefield to Swinton via Barnsley'.
Download or read book Abandoned Vanished Canals of England written by Andy Wood and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-06-15 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Yorkshire s Forgotten Fenlands written by Ian D. Rotherham and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2010-11-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yorkshire Forgotten Fens is a history of the cultural landscape of the wetlands of the Humber basin and the entire county of Yorkshire stretching from the Humber and north Lincolnshire through the Vale of York, through South Yorkshire and Holderness, to Pickering and beyond. The book draws together the story of a changing landscape, the lost cultures and ways of life, and the wildlife that has gone too.With the final chapter closing on the new wet fenland landscapes which are now emerging and presenting current visions and challenges for these truly evocative of landscapes, this is a book based on our past but with a vision for the future. The book is profusely illustrated with maps, photographs, paintings, and extracts from historic documents.
Download or read book Discovering Lost Canals written by Ronald Russell and published by . This book was released on 1980-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Thomas Telford written by Anthony Burton and published by Wharncliffe. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Telford's life was extraordinary: born in the Lowlands of Scotland, where his father worked as a shepherd, he ended his days as the most revered engineer in the world, known punningly as The Colossus of Roads. He was responsible for some of the great works of the age, such as the suspension bridge across the Menai Straits and the mighty Pontcysyllte aqueduct. He built some of the best roads seen in Britain since the days of the Romans and constructed the great Caledonian Canal, designed to take ships across Scotland from coast to coast. He did as much as anyone to turn engineering into a profession and was the first President of the newly formed Institution of Civil Engineers. All this was achieved by a man who started work as a boy apprentice to a stonemason. rn He was always intensely proud of his homeland and was to be in charge of an immense programme of reconstruction for the Highlands that included building everything from roads to harbours and even designing churches. He was unquestionably one of Britain's finest engineers, able to take his place alongside giants such as Brunel. He was also a man of culture, even though he had only a rudimentary education. As a mason in his early days he had worked alongside some of the greatest architects of the day, such as William Chambers and Robert Adams, and when he was appointed County Surveyor for Shropshire early in his career, he had the opportunity to practice those skills himself, designing two imposing churches in the county and overseeing the renovation of Shrewsbury Castle. Even as a boy, he had developed a love of literature and throughout his life wrote poetry and became a close friend of the Poet Laureate, Robert Southey. He was a man of many talents, who rose to the very top of his profession but never forgot his roots: he kept his old masons' tools with him to the end of his days. rn There are few official monuments to this great man, but he has no need of them: the true monuments are the structures that he left behind that speak of a man who brought about a revolution in transport and civil engineering.
Download or read book The Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lost Canals and Waterways of Britain written by Ronald Russell and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reports of the Royal Commission Appointed to Enquire Into and to Report on the Canals and Inland Navigations of the United Kingdom written by Great Britain. Royal commission on canals and waterways and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 written by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Canals and Waterways and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Britain s Canals written by Nick Corble and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2010-10-15 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible introduction to Britain's Canals and why they are so important today as a leisure pursuit.
Download or read book Barnsley Canal a Forgotten Waterway written by Barnsley Canal Group and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book History of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire in the County of York written by Robert Eadon Leader and published by Sheffield [England] : Printed by authority of the Company of Cutlers by Pawson & Brailsford. This book was released on 1905 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
