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9%OFFEric Armstrong - Birmingham´s Horse Transport - 9780752446134 - V9780752446134
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Birmingham´s Horse Transport

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Description for Birmingham´s Horse Transport Paperback. Before the advent of the internal combustion engine, the only reliable means of getting about on Birmingham's roads was by walking or by horse. This title takes us on a tour of the city, using images of horses at work to tell the story of the growth of the city's road transport network. Num Pages: 128 pages, over 200 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.

Before the advent of the internal combustion engine, the only reliable means of getting about on Birmingham's roads was by walking or by horse. Many businesses ran fleets of horses and wagons to deliver goods around the city, horse trams carried the burgeoning population of the metropolis to and from work, while hansom cabs carried the well-off to the Theatre or to the city's parks. Within the pages of Birmingham's Horse Transport, Eric Armstrong takes us on a tour of the city, using images of horses at work to tell the story of the growth of the city's road transport ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752446134
SKU
V9780752446134
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About Eric Armstrong
Ernie Armstrong has written many book on Birmingham for Tempus. He is a Brummie but is now exiled to the High Peak.

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