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Helensburgh & Rhu Through Time
Christopher Sanders
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Description for Helensburgh & Rhu Through Time
Paperback. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Helensburgh has changed and developed over the last century. Series: Through Time. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 306 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
Helensburgh's history begins on the 11 January 1776 when Sir James Colquhoun of Luss, on the shore of Loch Lomond, advertised land to be divided into building plots on the south-facing slope overlooking the Clyde. The town, called after Lady Helen Colquhoun, received a royal charter in 1802 and developed rapidly on a planned grid pattern during the nineteenth century. Henry Bell's Comet, the first seagoing steam ship in the world, started a commuter service to Glasgow in 1812, making the town, with its fine views over the sea, an attractive place to live. By Edwardian times, ... Read more
Helensburgh's history begins on the 11 January 1776 when Sir James Colquhoun of Luss, on the shore of Loch Lomond, advertised land to be divided into building plots on the south-facing slope overlooking the Clyde. The town, called after Lady Helen Colquhoun, received a royal charter in 1802 and developed rapidly on a planned grid pattern during the nineteenth century. Henry Bell's Comet, the first seagoing steam ship in the world, started a commuter service to Glasgow in 1812, making the town, with its fine views over the sea, an attractive place to live. By Edwardian times, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Through Time
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445654249
SKU
V9781445654249
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About Christopher Sanders
Christopher Sanders was brought up in Aberystwyth and attended boarding school in Reading. Following degrees in Physics and Meteorology from Bristol and Imperial College, he moved to Scotland in 1973, to work for the Building Research Establishment, a government research organisation, on heating , ventilation, moisture problems etc. He then moved to Glasgow Caledonian University in 2003 to head a ... Read more
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