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The Victorian Railway Worker (Shire Album)
Trevor May
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Description for The Victorian Railway Worker (Shire Album)
Paperback. Series: Shire Album S. Num Pages: 32 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 147 x 3. Weight in Grams: 90. New.
Thousands of Victorians were employed by railway companies, from the locomotive driver on the footplate to the booking clerk in the station. The companies provided work for navvies, signalmen, telegraph operators, station masters, hotel workers, and many other people, including those who worked the fleets of railway-owned ships and horse-drawn vehicles. Trevor May gives a fascinating overview of everyday life for the characters that worked in such varied railway occupations, and the often stringent discipline and hierarchies that meant, for instance, that firemen had to drink in separate bars from engine drivers. Interesting cameos are provided of the men who ... Read more
Thousands of Victorians were employed by railway companies, from the locomotive driver on the footplate to the booking clerk in the station. The companies provided work for navvies, signalmen, telegraph operators, station masters, hotel workers, and many other people, including those who worked the fleets of railway-owned ships and horse-drawn vehicles. Trevor May gives a fascinating overview of everyday life for the characters that worked in such varied railway occupations, and the often stringent discipline and hierarchies that meant, for instance, that firemen had to drink in separate bars from engine drivers. Interesting cameos are provided of the men who ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Series
Shire Album S.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
32
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747804512
SKU
9780747804512
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Ref
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