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Clay Cross and the Clay Cross Company (Pocket Images)
Gareth Williams
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Description for Clay Cross and the Clay Cross Company (Pocket Images)
Paperback. A history through old and rare photographs of Clay Cross, Derbyshire, and the company which was the heart of the town. This book contains full captions that provide a background to the images, covering the changes in the region over the last hundred years. Series: Pocket Images. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMD; HBTK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 124 x 10. Weight in Grams: 160.
Clay Cross is a classic product of the Industrial Revolution. The town's industrial future was sealed in 1837 with the driving of the Clay Cross Tunnel and the simutaneous founding of the George Stephenson Company, which became the Clay Cross Company in 1851. This book of over 200 photogrpahs gives a glimpse of that industrial history and forms a sort of industrial directory of the development of the company and the way that it influenced the lives of the people of the town. It emphasises the company's paternal imperatives, which insured retention of labour and moulded a core of sober ... Read more
Clay Cross is a classic product of the Industrial Revolution. The town's industrial future was sealed in 1837 with the driving of the Clay Cross Tunnel and the simutaneous founding of the George Stephenson Company, which became the Clay Cross Company in 1851. This book of over 200 photogrpahs gives a glimpse of that industrial history and forms a sort of industrial directory of the development of the company and the way that it influenced the lives of the people of the town. It emphasises the company's paternal imperatives, which insured retention of labour and moulded a core of sober ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Nonsuch Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Pocket Images
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845881429
SKU
V9781845881429
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Ref
99-5
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