The Development of Transportation in Modern England: Part 2 - Brossura

Jackman, W. T.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1107681820 ISBN 13: 9781107681828

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Riassunto

Originally published in 1916, this book forms part of a two-volume set on the history of transportation in modern England.

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Descrizione del libro

Originally published in 1916, this book forms part of a two-volume set on the history of transportation in modern England, taking the term 'modern' as meaning 'the period beginning with about the close of the fifteenth century and ending with approximately the middle of the nineteenth century'.

Contenuti

7. Development of railways; 8. Effects of steam upon road transportation; 9. Competition of railways and canals; Appendix 1. River Weaver navigation; Appendix 2. Shapleigh on Highways (1749); Appendix 3. Hawkins on the Laws of Highways (1763); Appendix 4. On letting the tolls; Appendix 5. Rate of travelling, 1750–1830; Appendix 6. Cost of travelling, 1750–1830; Appendix 7. Cost of carriage of goods by land, 1750–1830; Appendix 8. Statistics of comparative cost of carriage by road and inland navigation; Appendix 9. Table of canal and railway amalgamations, 1846–72; Appendix 10. Statistics showing effects of railways in reducing canal freight rates; Appendix 11. Statistics showing extent to which freight rates were raised through amalgamations of canals and railways; Appendix 12. Illustrations of the way in which canals sometimes maintained competition against the railways; Appendix 13. Statistical view of highway and canal legislation; Appendix 14. Pickford et al. v. The Grand Junction Railway Company; Bibliography; Index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1107681820
• ISBN 13: 9781107681828
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 370
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