1st Edition
Traffic and Transport An Economic History of Pickfords
By Gerald L. Turnbull
Copyright 1979
210 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book, fist published in 1979, traces the growth of Britain’s inland transportation systems, chiefly for goods traffic, by road, canal and railway, from the early seventeenth century to the eve of nationalisation in 1947. The book focuses on the history of Pickfords, long a prominent member of the transport industry, and provides new insights into the many ways that the organisation and... Read more
1. The Background: The Road Carrying Trade 2. The Business Established 3. Back From the Brink: 1800-47 4. Pickfords and Road Transport, 1750-1850 5. Pickfords Canal Carrier, 1785-1850 6. Railways, 1825-47: Hopes Raised and Dashed 7. The Railway Agent, 1847-1900 8. Rail, Road and Reconstruction, 1900-33 9. From Railway Ownership to Nationalisation
Biography
Gerald L. Turnbull
